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How sustainable was your last meal at a restaurant? By : Sustainability ..., Dec 22, 2014
One may be very environmentally conscious at home, using LEDs for lighting, organic produce for cooking and even composting the left-over tea leaves for manure, but have we ever stopped to ponder over the environmental impact of our meals when we dine at... Read more.. |
Infrastructure Development in India: A Transition in the Making By : Sustainability ..., Dec 1, 2014
An analysis of the previous and present government plans reveal that Energy Security and Improving Connectivity (both physical and virtual) are emerging as the two major areas of infrastructure development in India. Recently, there has been a... Read more.. |
Can’t spare land for solar power: MoDBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
The NDA government’s ambitious goal to install 1000 MW of solar energy at Indian defence establishments has been slashed to less than a third following the Defence Ministry’s refusal to spare the required land. The Defence Ministry’s argument is that its vacant lands are... Read more.. |
New and renewable energy ministry takes cue from PM Narendra Modi, starts work on solar projectsBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
Installing solar panels on the Pakistan border, using super-chilled LNG to build cold storage and warehousing facilities, and putting barcodes to stop illegal use of subsidised cooking gas — the Modi mantra is making its presence felt in the energy domain and forcing... Read more.. |
Karnataka among 12 states to get mega solar parksBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
A step ahead in the government's ambitious plan of setting up 25 solar parks, the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has identified 12 locations in various states where such power projects can come up. |
Switching to LEDBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
Replacing conventional streetlights and domestic incandescent lights with LED lights will result in conservation of billion of units of power every year, according to Saurabh Kumar, Managing Director of Energy Efficiency Services Limited, a joint venture company of PSUs of... Read more.. |
India: low carbon energy transition could free up US$600 billion in investment capacityBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
New analysis by Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) demonstrates that, with the right policies, India’s transition to a low carbon energy system could free up significant financial capacity over the next 20 years to invest in better development and economic growth. |
JNNURM scheme turns into a burden for Vijayawada Municipal CorporationBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 25, 2014
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme has become a burden for the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation and made it suffer in financial crisis. As the last date is approaching fast, the officials are in a hurry to complete projects as much as possible... Read more.. |
Bosch eyes India’s emerging energy-efficiency marketBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2014
German engineering major Bosch wants to position itself as an ‘energy services company’, or ESCO — an area it feels is beginning to take off in India. An ESCO typically executes energy-efficiency measures in other units for a fee, under a ‘performance contract’. Mostly, the... Read more.. |
Chilling truth: Your fridge, AC are heating up the planetBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 24, 2014
The rise in incomes in India has nearly doubled the number of domestic refrigerators and air-conditioners in the country since 2000. This, in turn, has meant India has become one of the top producers of greenhouses gases in the world, along with the US and China. |