Everything on Earth requires water to endure itself. But water is a limited resource and the population growth puts a stress on water supplies. Clean water is reduced by the pollution and contamination we create. In essence, humans are decreasing Read more
To enhance the environmental and human health performance attributes associated with freestanding furniture and medical furnishings LEED Certification rating system has introduced a credit entitled Furniture and medical furnishing under Material and resource credit. 1-2 points are awarded for this Read more
With rapid growth of infrastructure industry, the problem of the waste generated from their construction and demolition has also increased. It becomes really important to reuse these type of waste and their proper handling. LEED in its green building certification Read more
NEW DELHI: The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy (MNRE) on Thursday postponed the 3rd Global Renewable Energy Investors’ Meet, which was to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 30. The ministry did not specify the reason Read more
Bureau of energy efficiency introduced Energy conservation building code (ECBC) in May 2007. This code has become mandatory in many states of India. Ten states have notified ECBC: Rajasthan, Odisha, Uttarakhand, UT of Puducherry, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, Haryana, West Read more
Following are the Mandatory Requirements for ECBC Compliance with Reference to HVAC System of Building. Natural ventilation Equipment Efficiency Controls Piping and Ductwork System Balancing Condensers Natural Ventilation » As per National Building Code of India 2005 SOURCE: Bureau of Read more
Promoting solar Rooftop systems under third party financing model has had limited success due to inadequate availability of that capital to the project developers. The third party financing model is also known as RESCO (Renewable Energy Service Company) model. The Read more
Quality certification and standards for grid-connected rooftop solar PV systems are essential for the successful mass-scale implementation (in-order to achieve 40 GW of rooftop solar target under ‘National Solar Mission’ programme) of this technology. It is also imperative to put Read more
Pre-Commissioning test for your solar rooftop system should be carefully done so that the system installation is ensured safe. There are 3 major aspects for pre-commissioning tests for your solar panels. Operability test on isolation device Unintentional islanding functionality Cease Read more
General Requirements (IEEE 1547 / CEA Regulation 2013) Voltage Regulations: The distributed resources shall not actively regulate the voltage at the point of interconnection. Synchronization: The distributed resource synchronized with electric system shall not cause a voltage fluctuation at the Read more
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