Energy Efficiency

Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) regarding state of groundwater in Haryana, 03/05/2025

Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …

Perform, achieve & trade - A market mechanism to enhance industrial energy efficiency

Perform, achieve & trade - A market mechanism to enhance industrial energy efficiency - a presentation by Ajay Mathur from Bureau of Energy Efficiency.

City gears up to observe Earth hour

Ahmedabad: A voluntary organisation, Enviable, and Ahmedabad Central have jointly organised

Be part of Earth Hour 2010

EARTH HOUR started in 2007 in Sydney, Australia when 2.2 million homes and businesses turned their lights off for one hour to make their stand against climate change. Only a year later and Earth Hour had become a global sustainability movement with more than 50 million people across 35 countries …

Organisations, institutions unite to support Earth Hour 2010

Call to conserve energy and protect the eco-system Students urged to promote the practice of switching off non-essential lights About 6,000 students of Avinashilingam University for Women to light candles COIMBATORE: Kumaraguru College of Technology has launched a campaign to mobilise public support to Earth Hour 2010, to be observed …

Redoing green buildings

It is time to build truly green structures rather than erecting huge ones and sugarcoating them with a little green Building green is not about building structures that use lots of materials and energy, and then fixing them so that they become a little more efficient. Building green is about …

China amasses war chest to confront its environmental nightmares

In a nod to rising public expectations, China's government work plan for 2010, rolled out last week at the country's two major annual political powwows, puts the environment front and center. At the National People's Congress, officials announced that science priorities include new energy sources, energy conservation, environmental protection, and …

Forces complete energy audit of major installations

NEW DELHI, 18 MARCH: In a major initiative towards energy conservation in operations and cantonment complexes, the Armed Forces have completed an energy audit of few major installations as part of the

HC dismisses PIL on CFL

The Public Interest Litigation (PIL) regarding purchase of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) by the Electricity Department has been dismissed by the Bombay High Court at Goa. The High Court had taken cognisance of an article written by John Eric Gomes that highlighted a couple of issues such as frequent power …

Distribution of CFLs to begin tomorrow

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Electricity Minister A K Balan has said that the pilot distribution of 1.5 crore Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFL) will begin at the Thirumala, Mangalapuram, Attingal, Poovar, Pallam, Changanassery, Kuruppumthara and Kottarakkara sections of the KSEB on March 16. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, the Minister said that …

Energy-efficient lights in MCD buildings

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has decided to replace all existing bulbs and lamps across various municipal buildings with energy-efficient T-5 lamps and CFL lights. The decision has been taken in accordance with the Energy Conservation Act (2001), MCD standing committee chairperson R K Singhal said. The civic body …

China to stick to climate change stand, expects India to follow suit

BEIJING: China said it will not deviate from its stand on climate change even after it gave qualified approval to the Copenhagen climate accord on Tuesday. It expects India to stick to its stand as well, a senior Chinese official said on Wednesday. "In future negotiations and cooperation on climate …

No say for power ministry in green panel irks Shinde

NEW DELHI: The power ministry may be the government's main instrument for implementing measures to reduce carbon emissions and improve efficiency in the energy sector but a group of experts put together by the Planning Commission to prepare a roadmap to turn the country on a low carbon growth pathway …

Switch on' your minds, switch off the lights

Bindu Shajan Perappadan Observe Earth Hour by lighting a

Now energy-efficient lights in municipal buildings

NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi will soon be replacing incandescent bulbs and lamps in all municipal buildings in the city with energy efficient CFL bulbs to conserve electricity. A proposal in this regard was granted approval by the MCD Standing Committee on Wednesday. According to the MCD Standing …

China on track to meet energy target

Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: China is on track to meet its target of lowering energy intensity by 20 per cent before the end of the year despite severe setbacks caused by the financial crisis, said its top climate official on Wednesday. China's energy intensity, or energy consumption per unit of GDP, …

Lights out! Earth Hour back in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The national capital will observe the Earth Hour once again this year and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Wednesday appealed to residents to turn off lights for an hour on March 27. "Delhi was the lead city for Earth Hour 2009 when India joined this global campaign. …

Delhi gets first remote-controlled streetlight system

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today launched the country

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