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 …
In this paper, an attempt is made to prepare an energy management model for Lucknow city along with policy recommendations for optimal energy utilization and management. At the outset, the authors have reviewed the related literature on energy management in the urban system. The entire collected literature is divided into …
Hyderabad hitec (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy) city exudes all the glitz of post-liberalised India. Plush office complexes, exuberant it parks, swanky exhibition centres showcase a township riding the crest of the country economic boom. Amidst this opulence, a structure stands out: cii- Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre (gbc). The …
Growth of Indian building sector and growth of glitz Experts today believe that buildings account for a sixth of the world's fresh water withdrawals, a quarter of its wood harvest, and two-fifths of its material and energy flows. The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (ipcc) report, Climate Change 2007: …
Air conditioning and energy efficiency The International Energy Agency has estimated that the global building sector, which consumes roughly half the electricity generated in the world, can be 70 per cent more energy efficient. It estimates that energy spent on lighting, roughly a fifth of the building sector's energy needs, …
"15 per cent of heat in a building can come through roof, which is why it is important to insulate roof of a building,' say many architects. The best way to insulate roof is to create a rooftop garden. In the industrialised countries, roof-top gardens are becoming a norm, Green …
Green architecture needs norms and regulations Almost all the industrialised countries have put in place a system of rating buildings, environmentally. While leed is one of the most popular rating systems and has been adopted by over 20 countries, many governments have formulated their own standards according to local conditions. …
CFL consists of a long glass tube fitted with electrodes. The tube is filled with mercury vapour and gas (argon or xenon). The glass tube's interior is coated with phosphor. When electricity is supplied, electrons are released from the electrodes, which excite the mercury atoms causing them to emit ultraviolet …
Agriculture and food systems play an important role in fossil fuel consumption and climate change because of their significant energy use and because of agriculture
A sustainable energy supply is a precondition for economic and social development and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals. In many parts of the world, a large share of the population have no access to modern energy services. At best, towns and industries are supplied with antiquated and unsustainable energy …
This article is based on extracts from a recent report published by the World Alliance for Decentralised Energy (WADE) entitled 'Concrete Energy Savings'. The WADE report establishes that significant untapped potential for onsite power in the cement industry remains despite the many benefits it offers, both to society in general …
The more stringent environmental quality specifications for oil products worldwide are tending to step up energy use and, consequently, CO2 emissions at refineries. In Brazil, for example, the stipulated reduction in the sulfur content of diesel and gasoline between 2002 and 2009 should increase the energy use of Brazil's refining …
ACC has extended financial support to the construction of what is expected to turn out to be the most exemplary sustainable building on the Indian subcontinent. The building based in New Delhi, will house the headquarters of Development Alternatives, a reputed non government organization.
Slag is a by-product of steel. It contains about 30-35 per cent calcium oxide, 35-38 per cent silica, 10-18 per cent aluminium oxide and 7-10 per cent magnesium oxide. Slag, generated from manufacture of pig iron, is granulated and called blast furnace slag. It is non-biodegradable. One tonne of slag …
Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this ∼350 million tonnes are organic wastes from agricultural sources; ∼290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and ∼4.5 million tonnes …
A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BRING DOWN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND COMBAT GLOBAL WRMING 1. CHANGE YOUR BULBS Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (cfl)
The passing of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 is a landmark towards cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions must be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. California's leadership in combating global warming is in line with its trendsetting role, which inspired the US government to enact the Clean …
Energy: Could new techniques for producing ethanol make old-fashioned trees the biofuel of the future? Mankind has used trees as a source of fuel for thousands of years. But now the notion of exploiting trees for fuel is being updated with a high-tech twist. The idea is to make ethanol, …
More energy insecurity The Paris-based International Energy Agency's (IEA's) 2006 release, World Energy Outlook, foresees increasingrends in oil demand in Asia as the region's economy grows. It estimates that the region's oil use wil surge by 30 per cent, annualy. In 2003, India spent US$15 billion on oil imports: equivalent …
