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 …

Energy sprawl or energy efficiency: Climate policy impacts on natural habitat for the United States of America

Concern over climate change has led the U.S. to consider a cap-and-trade system to regulate emissions. Here we illustrate the land-use impact to U.S. habitat types of new energy development resulting from different U.S. energy policies. We estimated the total new land area needed by 2030 to produce energy, under …

Govt clears energy efficiency mission

In another indication of its seriousness to tackle climate change, India on Monday said it intended to bring down its annual energy consumption by about 5 per cent in the next six years and reduce its carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 100 million tonnes every year through energy efficiency measures. …

BEE to help SMEs use energy efficiently

PRAVDA GODBOLE / Pune August 25, 2009, 0:59 IST The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), an agency of the Union Ministry of Power, has introduced a programme to help small and medium enterprises (SMEs) use energy efficiently and several policy measures to accelerate power generation. The programme, called the BEE-SME …

Make ECBC mandatory for all buildings: Jairam

Minister of State (Independent charge) for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has urged the Delhi Government to make it mandatory for all buildings to reinforce the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the Capital. Inspired by the Delhi Government

PM council to discuss energy efficiency

New Delhi, Aug. 23: After setting a target of generating 20,000 MW solar power by 2020 under the Solar Mission, the Prime Minister

Triumph of the commons: Helping the world to share

Seven billion people into one planet won't go, unless we learn to harness our better natures, says social psychologist Mark van Vugt.

How psychology can help the planet stay cool

Insights from marketing and psychology can encourage us all to do our bit to combat global warming.

Proposal to make Goa a CFL State

Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has said the state government has mooted a proposal to the Union Environment Minister to make Goa a CFL (Compact Fluroscent Lamp) state on the lines of Delhi. Interacting with newsmen after laying the foundation stone for the Rs 2.25 crore Rajiv Gandhi Renewable Energy Education …

Rawal Lake water purification: WASA plans installation of 17 solar bees, 10 treatment plants

Water and Sanitation Agency (WASA) has prepared a plan to install 17 Floating Solar Powered High Flow Circulators/Solar Bees and 10 Portable Wastewater Treatment Plants worth of Rs 400 million at Rawal Lake to clean contaminations from its water, sources told Daily Times on Wednesday. They said WASA had submitted …

Need to conserve power, water: CM

TO conserve water and electricity, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit announced that rainwater harvesting is mandatory in all Delhi government schools and asked the principals to white wash the rooftops of school buildings to conserve electricity. The Directorate of School Education (DSE) has already allocated Rs 50 crore for implementation of …

Use of green technology to become mandatory in SEZs

New Delhi: Use of green-technology will become mandatory in Special Economic Zones (SEZs)

Village in Dubai sets a green example

Dubai, Aug. 13: Dubai Knowledge Village (DKV) has set a "green" example by bringing down its water consumption by 6.1 million gallons from January to June 2009 and energy usage by 1,904 MW during the same period. The village, which is a facility for human resources management and a member …

The psychology of climate change: why we do nothing

Well-publicised simple steps like using energy-saving light bulbs may be making it more difficult to prepare people for the bigger changes needed to tackle climate change, argue psychologists.

Red carpet for green-collar workers

Chitra Unnithan & Vinay Umarji / Ahmedabad August 10, 2009, 0:48 IST After white- and blue-collar jobs, a new class of workers is emerging: Green-collar. Green-collar workers are those who work on products and services that are environment-friendly. Reacting quickly to this, specialised courses are mushrooming. An organisation that seeks …

Developing Responsibility

The G-8 climate action agenda calling for 80 per cent reduction in emission by 2050 has been rightly criticised as mere hot air. Without any specific short-term targets or a roadmap to get there, lofty declarations like the one made in L

Renewable energy expo opens today

Prachi Raturi Misra : Today, 10 CEOs will brainstorm on environmental issues in the capital. The CEO roundtable is being organised as a part of the 3rd Renewable Energy India 2009 Expo. K Subramanya of Tata BP Solar India, Rabindra Satpathy of Reliance Industries, Rajeewa Arya of Moser Baer Photo …

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