The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
A country that uses less energy to achieve the same or better results reduces its costs and pollution, creating a stronger, more competitive economy. While energy efficiency has played a role in the economies of developed nations for decades, cost-effective energy efficiency remains a massively underutilized energy resource. In this …
Germany comes in first in a new energy efficiency ranking of the world’s major economies, followed by Italy, the European Union as a whole, China, and France, according to the 2014 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published today by the nonprofit American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE). New to the …
A large-scale, publicly-funded, energy efficiency programme is a four-way win. It’s great for the economy, great for the environment, great for energy security, and great for struggling households. It is the only way to end the scandal of fuel poverty-related excess winter deaths in the long term, and to protect …
This interim 2014 report by the Deep Decarbonization Pathway Project (DDPP) summarizes preliminary findings of the pathways developed by the DDPP Country Research Teams with the objective of achieving emission reductions consistent with limiting global warming to less than 2°C. The DDPP is a knowledge network comprising 15 Country Research …
The Works department of the Odisha government has completed the process to handover a contract of constructing an energy saving building worth Rs 124 crore in state capital. "The tendering process has been complete, but as it is awaiting approval of higher authorities, we cannot disclose the name of the …
The Sustainable Energy Association’s Manifesto uses the UK Government’s own online calculator to demonstrate how an ambitious programme of insulating buildings, and producing more energy directly from buildings themselves could net savings to the economy averaging £12.1bn per year from now until 2050. This is equivalent to a £189 saving …
Green buildings, which are coming up in the state, will be more costly for customers, courtesy the hike in freight rates by the Indian Railways. Green buildings, also known as sustainable buildings, use a process that is environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building’s cycle and is 10 to 20 …
This report investigates to what extent different definitions of ‘Primary energy factors’ can have implications on EU energy policy. Primary energy factors (PEF) have been developed as a form of comparison and a number of EU directives refer to the implementation of primary energy factors in setting energy and climate …
The Tamil Nadu government has installed around 90,000 green houses with solar roof and around 20,000 street lights through solar power since 2011. While plans were to add 60,000 solar roof houses and 20,000 street lights through solar power every year, the initial procedures and other issues affected the schedule, …
As India is expected to witness rapid urbanisation, the new government at the Centre needs to take stringent measures to ensure use of green technology in the construction and realty space, according to experts. "After a period of slowdown, we now expect to see a growth in the construction and …
The brick red government houses in Chandigarh are set to go green as, from the government houses designed by architect couple Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew, the city is set for a major shift to green housing. The plan for new-look, environment-friendly housing is ready and all new housing projects …
Navi Mumbai: The new civic headquarter's claims of being a low-maintenance green building appears to be fast losing ground. If the electricity bill for April is anything to go by, the amount due only for power consumption is far from being modest. The civic electricity department needs to pay MSEDCL …
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Union Ministry of Power will be introducing an Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the eight Northeastern States to set minimum energy standards for new commercial buildings having a connected load of 100 KW or contract demand of 120 KVA. “We …
The iconic World Trade Centre, Colombo (WTC) is now a ‘True High Performance Green’ Building as it was bestowed with the Gold Certification of Green Rating System from Green Building Council of Sri Lanka (GBCSL). Another momentous achievement was WTC being the first to receive the Green Certification under ‘Existing …
At the recently held Green Building Award Ceremony 2014, organized for the first time by the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka, Holcim Lanka Limited was awarded Green Labelling Certification for its Sanstha brand. The awards ceremony was held at the BMICH Colombo under the patronage of the Minister of …
For the first time Holcim Lanka Limited was awarded Green Labelling Certification for its Sanstha brand at the recently held Green Building Award Ceremony 2014, organized by the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka at the BMICH Colombo. The objective of the award ceremony was to recognize and reward organizations …
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Brandix’s Head of Corporate Communications Anuk de Silva accepts the award on behalf of the Group from Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa in the presence of Minister of Technology, Research and Atomic Energy Patali Champika Ranawaka The Brandix Group has been recognised as Sri Lanka's 'Organisation Committed to Green' in …
Green Building Awards 2013 organized by the Green Building Council of Sri Lanka will be held at the BMICH today, May 4 at 4 p.m., the organizers announced. The awards ceremony will be held under the patronage of Minister of Environment and Renewable Energy Susil Premajayantha and Minister of Economic …
