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 …
Waste heat from industrial plants and electricity-generating stations represents a huge amount of lost energy. David Lindley finds out what engineers and regulators need to do to get it back.
Awareness on conservation of power poor in Bangalore Awareness on power-related issues too, is quite poor. This is the verdict spelt out by a survey on power consumption, undertaken in the City recently. Even as the State is reeling under a power crisis, middle class families in the City clearly …
LEDs that generate pure white light with better energy efficiency could one day substitute the light bulb for interior lighting at homes and offices, writes Sharath Ahuja Edison
Mumbai: While Maharashtra reels under a power crisis, Mumbai citizens are doing their bit to save electricity. The 200-m long walkway along the newly-renovated promenade at Bandra
The ambitious programme to replace bulbs with energy-efficient CFLs by 2012 is a noteworthy step Business Standard / New Delhi March 9, 2009, 0:18 IST The ambitious programme for replacing about 400 million electric bulbs with energy-efficient, compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) by 2012 is a noteworthy step in the country
KOCHI: Will you vote for the earth? The world is going to do so. A race is on between the earth and global warming. As many as 934 cities and towns in 80 countries have already expressed their willingness to be part of Earth Hour 2009, a novel initiative where …
New Delhi: Housing societies in Delhi are slowly but surely, and collectively, adopting eco- friendly systems to cut down on the carbon footprint. A new survey commissioned by the Delhi Government studied 1,284 housing societies to see if they had adopted water-saving and energy-efficient measures. The results show the rainwater-harvesting …
March 5: The government may ask industrial consumers to agree to a two-day power holiday with many power traders who agreed to supply around 700 MW' every day backing off. With the onset of power crisis, the industrial units had been asked to reduce the demand for four hours which …
Plans for a green stimulus in the US have focused on energy efficiency, an area in which the US historically lags behind the rest of the developed world, as low energy prices and taxes have given consumers little incentive to conserve power. Proposals envisage that more than $16bn will be …
Economic stimulus plans being rolled out across the world could commit countries to rapid growth in greenhouse gas emissions, cancelling out some of the green initiatives included within them, analysis has found. The packages of tax cuts, credits and extra spending have been trumpeted for their environmental credentials by the …
Wrapping up an elaborate energy audit, the City of Knoxville, Tennessee, is about to find out which of 99 city buildings are wasting the most energy. It hopes to begin repairs this summer, just in time to catch a tsunami of federal stimulus money earmarked for such unglamorous tasks as …
This study determines influence of thermal insulation on conductive heat transfer through roof-ceiling construction when thermal insulation material was integrated to roofing system. Among two pairs of two identical rooms, respective roofs were equipped with insulation to be tested as follows: i) polystyrene and its identical pair with no insulation; …
This paper highlights the interlinkages between the water and energy sectors and points out the effects that climate change has on the provision of energy and water resources as well as providing guidance and inspiration for policy makers. Far from giving a pessimistic outlook on the energy future in the …
The study examines the hypothesis that citizens with higher social capital score may have better performance on CO2 reduction and energy saving. For that purpose, WEB-based survey is conducted and 1500 responses are obtained. To calculate social capital, the concept of Japan Cabinet Office's SC Index is also used as …
India has been famous for arguing that it (and the rest of the developing world) should incur no expense in controlling emissions that cause climate change. The west caused the problem and it should clean it up. In the face of heightened concerns about rapid climate change, that argument is …
The story of a family in United States of America tracking their personal emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2). They wanted to see how much they could cut back, so they put themselves on a strict diet. The average U.S. household produces about 150 pounds of CO2 a day by doing …
Environmentally friendly construction is not just a fad perpetrated by eco activists; it saves money, creates jobs and improves the quality of life for residents who live in green buildings, as well as slashing greenhouse gas emissions. Green building offers a viable solution to help combat climate change because projects …
