India inhabits 17% of the global population and 15% of the livestock. Broad estimates show that about 80% of India’s surface water is polluted, thereby resulting in losses over $6 billion, annually, to waterborne diseases.1 According to a recent UN report, India is projected to add 300 million new urban Read more…
Transit-Oriented Development: Planning Tool for Sustainable and Affordable Urban Development Case of Delhi Background Urbanization all over the world is causing concern not only amongst the urban planners but also amongst the world leaders, particularly in the developing world. The three ‘P s associated with urbanization, that is, population, Read more…
MUMBAI: The Western Railway bagged three National Energy Conservation awards for contribution towards providing a clean and green transportation to its commuters. WR chief spokesperson Ravinder Bhakar said that WR was awarded with the first prize in the ‘Transportation Category’ along with second and third in ‘Institution Category’ for energy Read more…
SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh is the first state in the country to achieve the milestone of notifying State Energy Conservation Building Code 2018 to reduce energy consumption demand in commercial buildings that aims to reduce the energy consumption demand of commercial buildings by 30%. This policy will be implemented in its true sense after the Read more…
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) celebrated National Energy Conservation Day on Saturday by organising a host of activities including an inter-school painting exhibition. Social welfare and transport minister Yashpal Arya, who was the chief guest at the event, also unveiled the official UREDA 2020 calendar which showcases Read more…
CHANDIGARH: Aryans College of Engineering, Rajpura near Chandigarh celebrated Engineers Day on Sunday at its campus. A Seminar on Energy Conservation through Green Buildings was organized in which Er Gurbakshish Singh, Associate Professor, Government Polytechnic College for Girls, Patiala was the Guest Speaker on the occasion. Students of Civil, Mechanical, Read more…
The Thal Sena Bhawan will come up near the army’s sprawling Manekshaw Centre in Delhi Cantonment. Spread over 39 acres, the multi-storeyed complex, which will have a constructed area of 7.5 lakh square metre, will house 6,014 offices and is expected to be built by 2024-25. Defence minister Rajnath Singh, Read more…
Conclave on Energy Efficiency Begins A three-day biennial conclave ‘Energise 2020: Energy Innovation for a Sustainable Economy’ of the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE) got under way in the city on Tuesday. Union Coal Secretary Anil Kumar Jain, addressing the conclave, focussed on how energy efficiency now was Read more…
Training programme for officials underway Chairman and Managing Director of Southern Power Distribution Company of Telangana Ltd (TSSPDCL) G. Raghuma Reddy has said that they have plans to focus on the demand side management as well as energy efficiency towards achieving better energy use with both the consumers and the Read more…
Industrial development can be put on fast track, says BEE director Director of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) Sunil Khandare on Wednesday stressed the importance of harnessing technology not only to improve energy performance but also to reduce wasteful consumption in industries and ensure sustainable development. At the Southern Read more…