Kochi: SmartCity Kochi has won an industry body’s award for ecological sustainability in recognition of the IT townships go-green efforts that save energy, conserve water, recycle waste, avoid plastic and promote overall cleanliness. Known to be the best of the best within the facility management sector, the honour – FM Read more…
Recently Environmental protection organizations expressed highly concern about the abrupt increase in carbon emissions across the world from the buildings. Global concern about the environment has insisted people to adopt Building that are more eco-friendly even more than the Green Buildings. Now what a Net- zero Energy building really is? Read more…
The 2017 edition of the Sustainable Energy in America Factbook—produced for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy by Bloomberg New Energy Finance, provides up-to-date, accurate market information about the broad range of industries— energy efficiency, natural gas, and renewable energy—that are contributing to the country’s move towards cleaner energy production Read more…
India’s composite score improved from 57 in 2018 to 60 in 2019-20 with major success in water and sanitation, power and industry. However, nutrition and gender equality continue to be problem areas for India, requiring more focussed approach from the government. Kerala, Himachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Telangana Read more…
India needs a whopping USD 2.64 trillion investment to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), offering the private sector an investment opportunity of over USD 1.12 trillion by 2030, according to a report. India needs a whopping USD 2.64 trillion investment to meet the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs), Read more…
In the process of finding solutions for sustainable rural electrification, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) along with a group of research partners, led by De Montfort University, the UK, implemented the ‘Off-grid Access Systems for South Asia’ (OASYS South Asia) project, where a systematic analysis was conducted to develop Read more…
An urgent need for power around the world is seeing more and more power facilities running on the fast track. In the case of developing countries like India, these installations can provide a boost to grid power or bring off-grid power to people who have none. In developed nations, they Read more…
Chemists at the University of Waterloo have developed a long-lasting zinc-ion battery that costs half the price of current lithium-ion batteries and could help enable communities to shift away from traditional power plants and into renewable solar and wind energy production. Professor Linda Nazar and her colleagues from the Faculty Read more…
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New and Renewable Energy, Shri R K Singh has emphasized the need for setting up more waste management plants around the country. Shri Singh said this while inaugurating a Workshop on Waste to Energy—‘Swachchata Se Swachh Urja’ on September 26, 2017, in Read more…
I n the last 50 years, the global energy demand has tripled. It is projected to triple again over the next 30 years. Energy demand worldwide grew by 2.3% in 2018 which was the highest in this decade because of the robust global economy and stronger heating and cooling needs Read more…