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Apr 10, 2020
by in Green Buildings, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Affordability of Sustainable Supply of Potable Water in Urban India

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 residents by 2050.2 In this […]

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Apr 09, 2020
by in Green Buildings, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Passive Façade Design for Energy- Efficient and Cost- Effective Envelope

It is now a well-established fact that our resources are limited; however, our demands are not. The architectural industry, one of the biggest contributors towards GHG emissions and waste, is taking adequate steps to face the challenge and is deploying passive strategies to address these issues. In this article, Sonali Rastogi, Isha Anand, and Aarushi […]

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Apr 09, 2020
by in Green Buildings, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Transit-Oriented Development

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, poverty, and pollution are major […]

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Apr 07, 2020
by in Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

ACE celebrates Engineers Day by organising seminar on Energy Conservation

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, ECE, CSE, EE participated in […]

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Apr 07, 2020
by in Energy Efficiency, Solar, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Renewable power agency celebrates energy conservation day

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 the 12 best paintings selected […]

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Apr 07, 2020
by in Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Himachal becomes first state to notify Energy Conservation Building Code 2018

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 successful incorporation of its provisions […]

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Apr 07, 2020
by in Energy Efficiency, Sustainable Development, Uncategorized

Western Railway bags three awards for energy conservation

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 conservation measures adopted by divisional […]

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