The artificial ground freezing (AGF) system is widely used in underground mines, shaft sinking, civil, and tunneling applications for stabilization of underground structures, and for hydraulic sealing. This system, however, incurs intensive energy consumption that requires careful consideration of the design and operating parameters. This paper aims to introduce and demonstrate a novel concept of intermittent AGF system with the ultimate goal to reduce energy consumption while ensuring desired structural stability and hydraulic sealing. A validated two-dimensional model that considers conservation of mass, momentum, and energy is utilized to simulate the transient heat transfer between the freezing pipes and the porous soil structure. The results show that a significant reduction of up to 40% in the energy consumption per year can be achieved by implementing such concept whilst maintaining frozen body at desired level. Clearly, this concept shows potential for practical application – of course further improvement and optimization is required.