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 …
poll>> Buildings • US The media often highlights stories of US offices going “green.” But, workers in the US think very poorly of their workplace ambience, says a poll, conducted by software biggie ibm. Less than a third of the 6,500 office workers interviewed said their buildings are environmentally friendly. …
The state government has been sitting on a proposal that would allow the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to rate buildings according to whether they follow green norms. The BMC had planned to introduce the rating system for residential, commercial, government and other projects from this April. The corporation had received …
Mumbai: After years of haphazard development that has turned much of the city into an eyesore for greens, developers are now looking at getting an environmentally friendly tag for their projects. Green parameters are becoming a feature of sprawling residential and commercial projects coming up in Mumbai and the suburbs. …
THE government plans to introduce environment rating of habitats, a logical extension of its green rating for integrated habitat assessment (GRIHA) system for new buildings. Under the proposal, integrated townships, new urban complexes and special economic zones may have to get green rating certification. Large projects involving the development of …
New Delhi: With a view to reduce carbon emissions, the government will soon rope in major real estate developers for voluntary adoption of a set of new guidelines on building low energy consuming green housing complexes. The move is part of the government's national action plan on climate change. The …
Pune Suzlon Group, the wind energy major, has become the second company globally after Google Inc to power its IT server using renewable energy. Out of the 150 KW that it produces out of the wind turbine, solar and photovoltaic panels at the global headquarters of Suzlon Group at Hadapsar …
Business meets that tread gently on the environment? A few hotels step up to the challenge.. Pooja Jalan Environmental concerns have sensitised many in the hotel industry to the need to curb greenhouse gases. This, in turn, has led to the concept of green conferences, meetings, and conventions. An established …
"Energy Efficient Cities: Assessment Tools and Benchmarking Practices" has been developed from a careful review of selected papers presented during two ESMAP-sponsored sessions at the fifth World Bank Urban Research Symposium,
KOLKATA, 25 APRIL: Consulting Engineering Service (India) Private Limites, (CES) in collaboration with Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) would set up a research centre within the Besu campus to promote green movement. Mr Sudhangsu Sekhar Chakraborty (in SNS photo), chairman and managing director of CES, said to reduce consumptive …
Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: Its called the green building syndrome and builders here are realising that a green idea is what would save the day. For instance for a 12 storey apartment complex coming up on the Bhat-Motera road, its builder Naiphal Shah and Sanjay Jain have planned a …
The State government will collaborate with the British High Commission to take up green initiatives in the heritage city of Mysore. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore after meeting the British Deputy High Commissioner Richard Hyde, Urban Development Minister Suresh Kumar said the commission would help the State adopt green …
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (bee), the Centre’s nodal agency for energy conservation, intends to make energy efficiency rating mandatory for all office buildings across India by 2011. But its scheme to coax office building owners to voluntarily get their properties assessed for energy efficiency has few takers. Under the …
There is a buzz about green buildings. But the question is: what does one mean by building green? And how does one design policies to make the green homes of our dreams? Green is not about first building structures using lots of material and energy, and then fixing them so …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has issued environmental clearance for the phase-III expansion project of Technopark here. The expert appraisal committee of the MoEF at its 86th meeting held at Van Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, recommended granting of environmental clearance to this prestigious project, a spokesman for …
Multipurpose stadium boasts of world-class infrastructure NEW DELHI: Union Sports and Youth Affairs Minister M. S. Gill and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Friday jointly inaugurated the newly refurbished Thyagaraj Stadium for the upcoming Commonwealth Games in the city. Boasting world-class infrastructure, the multipurpose air-conditioned stadium has a total …
Energy insecurity, water scarcity, and climate change pose growing risks for the real estate sector in South and Southeast Asia, yet the connections between these trends and financial impacts are not well understood by analysts, investors, companies, and governments in the region. This report presents a framework to assess risks …
