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 …

UNIDO and renewable energy: greening the industrial agenda

UNIDO is a leading provider of services for improved industrial energy efficiency, enhanced use of renewable sources of energy and promotion of cleaner technologies. This report describes UNIDO

SIHMA seeks removal of ceiling on energy consumption

Tirupur: Hosiery manufacturers in the knitwear cluster here wanted the Government to reconsider its recent decisions to impose restrictions on energy consumption as well as levy of penal charges for power consumption above prescribed quota with retrospective effect from November 28, 2008. South India Hosiery Manufacturers Association (SIHMA) sources said …

Ensuring green growth in a time of economic crisis: the role of energy technology

Despite the severity of the current financial and economic crisis, it cannot be allowed to distract us from addressing critical and strategic climate change and energy challenges. The energy sector produces 60% of global greenhouse gas emissions and so it must also be a key part of any strategy to …

Boosting the economy with energy efficiency financing

From the New Deal to responses to blackouts, history teaches us that crisis times can result in salutary reforms. Recent international economic developments

When the lights went off

Children taking the Earth Hour pledge at the programme organised by the Eastern Villas Residents Association at Kakkanad. KOCHI: Kochiites joined the Earth Hour campaign to vote for mother earth by switching off lights on Saturday at 8.30 pm. From individuals to industry majors, participants across the city did their …

Bumps on road fuel cars

Shock absorbers help vehicles recharge from speedbreakers NEXT time your car hits a bump on the road do not curse. Rather, use these shockers to increase the fuel efficiency of your vehicle by 10 per cent. A new shock absorber developed by a team of researchers can generate electricity to …

Not rebuilding for tomorrow

The global meltdown led to expectations governments would use money to reinvent economies for climate change. The plan was simple: spend obscene amounts of public money in infrastructure and other projects, to stimulate national economies. If this money got spent on all those things which would improve the environmental sustainability …

Different meaning to Earth Hour

LUCKNOW:When the entire world was switching off lights for an hour as part of a global campaign to save electricity on Saturday, 80-year-old Ram Avtar of Dawoodnagar village, 5 Kms from state capital, was searching for kerosene can to lit an earthen lamp. And, he was not the lone soul. …

Earth Hour: Jammuites show indifference

With a view to protect the Mother Nature from global warming, last evening global population observed World Earth Day but here in Jammu people showed their mixed reaction for observing the day. Though lights remained on in the entire city but in some areas people observed the day by switching …

Mixed response to Earth Hour campaign in city

Chandigarh: Earth Hour, an attempt to save the planet by switching off lights to reduce greenhouse emission, evoked a mixed response in the city on Saturday. Though a few areas responded positively and switched off lights for one hour, many people were not even aware of the campaign. All roundabouts …

Do new bulbs save it if they dont work at all?

Leora Broydo Vestel IT SOUNDS like such a simple thing to do: buy some new light bulbs, screw them in, save the planet. Are there simple and cost-effective ways to increase energy efficiency for houses? Take the case of Karen Zuercher and her husband, in San Francisco. Inspired by watching …

Earth Hour, a big success: ecologists

BONN: For environmental activists, the message was clear: Earth Hour was a huge success. Now they say nations have a mandate to tackle climate change.

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