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 …
Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) has proposed to the Defence Housing Authority (DHA), to insert the energy conservation guidelines as a mandatory clause for adherence in its bylaws. The core objective behind this suggestion is to transform all developing / under construction residential projects in DHA into “green houses”, especially …
The January 2013 edition of the Climate and development Outlook focuses on Low Emissions Development Strategies (LEDS) and the work CDKN is undertaking with its partners in Central America, Togo, Cameroon, Southeast Asia and India.
Identification of beneficiaries done through Gram Sabhas The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RD and PR) Department would construct a total of 1,497 solar-powered green houses for below poverty line families in Coimbatore district during the current financial year. Work is on in 12 blocks of the district especially in …
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Saturday inaugurated “Akshay Urja Bhawan” constructed at a cost of Rs 11 crore in Sector 17, Panchkula. The building demonstrates an energy-efficient building design and green building concepts. This building will house the offices of the Renewable Energy Department and Haryana Renewable Energy …
Of the total number of green buildings that have come up in the whole of India, only 0.58 per cent of them have been built in northern India. Such is the state of affairs even though the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) was introduced by the Union Ministry of Conservation …
This document outlines the current thinking about climate change and its implications for Singapore. It also highlights the initiatives and strategies they are pursuing to prepare for the challenges that climate change poses. The document covers i) the climate change imperative; ii) global mission, national vision, local action; iii) climate …
Taxes, loans and grants, trading schemes and white certificates, public procurement and investment in R&D; or infrastructure: known collectively as “economic instruments”, these tools can be powerful means of mobilising the finances needed to achieve policy goals by implementing energy efficiency measures. The role of economic instruments is to kick-start …
Punjab will bring in a new housing policy by the middle of next month to attract more investments for its real estate sector, Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal said here on Thursday. Speaking at a function here, he said the State is all set to become the new investment …
Beneficiaries to be finalised at Gram Sabha meetings As many as 2,094 beneficiaries from below poverty line (BPL) families are being allotted the Chief Minister’s Solar Powered Green Houses in all the 10 panchayat unions in the district, Collector Pooja Kulkarni said here on Tuesday. Addressing reporters, she said that …
For the first time in five years, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to be serious about rainwater harvesting schemes. In a modest attempt, the building proposals department of the BMC will list out names of all buildings from Bandra, Khar and Santa Cruz in H-west ward which have managed …
Frenzied growth in real estate and changing lifestyle in Indian cities are inciting resource guzzling. Architects have innovative ideas to build green homes.
Go Green to reduce your carbon footprint.’ With the movement fast catching on, how can real estate be behind? Enter green buildings, which aim at fostering a lifestyle that wean us away from our wasteful ways. Even as the concept is fast catching on, one of the primary reasons why …
The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) expects nearly 2 billion square feet of sustained building footprint by 2015. At present, 1,745 eco-friendly building projects with over 1.21 billion sq ft of green footprint are registered with the IGBC. “The green concept is becoming very popular among developers as they have …
Chandigarh: Chandigarh has taken a step towards making Chandigarh a Model Solar City in the country with the inauguration and commissioning of the 50 KWp Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at the UT Secretariat building, Sector 9, Chandigarh. The 50 KWp Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at the UT Secretariat building was …
Finally, after a period of seven years, city’s dream to have an energy efficient green building is going to be realised tomorrow with Paryavaran Bhawan in Sector 19 being inaugurated by UT Administrator Shivraj V Patil. Christened Paryavaran Complex, the building is constructed adjacent to the Old Architects Building in …
Assembly committee reviews 50 petitions of 120 received As many as 1,440 solar-powered houses have been constructed in the district under the Chief Minister’s Green House programme, P. Mohan, Chief Whip of the government, and the chairman of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Petitions Committee, said here on Wednesday. Talking …
Experts Demand Environment-Friendly Building Norms For New Urban Areas New Delhi: The new areas of Delhi, categorized as ‘urbanizable areas’ in Master Plan 2021, are mainly tracts of farmland dotted with farmhouses. But now that they have been opened up for urbanization, city-based urban planners and architects want the government …
New Delhi: The focus of energy efficiency has usually been large buildings, whether residential or commercial. Now, there is a project that will help smaller buildings reduce their carbon footprint. An offshoot of GRIHA — the green rating for integrated habitat assessment — SVAGRIHA has been conceptualized especially for buildings …
Over 4,000 suggestions from people uploaded on the web, says Urban Development Minister Green buildings in the Capital will be allowed to increase their floor area ratio (FAR) as an incentive by the Urban Development Ministry. This is one of the proposals among 23 specific amendments to the Master Plan-2021 …
