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 …
New York's Empire State Building is doing it, Chicago's Willis Tower is about to start and many more landlords and companies are expected to undertake building retrofits to reduce energy costs. Spurred by steadily rising utility bills, the need to rein in costs in the recession, a host of government …
Hyderabad, Sept. 1 An Australian green buildings trade delegation consisting of 29 firms will participate in the Indian Green Building Congress, 2009, in Hyderabad during the second week of September. India visit The delegation, which is the largest Australian contingent in the building and construction sector, is visiting India between …
It is time we began to live differently. But if you believe that governments and power and water utilities can bring about that change, you need to think again. The change has to begin with us. We have to be the change without governments telling us what to do. Without …
The study reviews existing energy efficiency policies in housing in the UNECE member States, and recommends technological, institutional and behavioural changes that can achieve substantial energy savings in the housing sector. UNECE Committee on Housing and Land Management, which is responsible for the study, is developing an action plan to …
What does a "green" home look like? What are its characteristics, and how can you ensure that you meet the highest green standards within a given budget? The answers to these questions and more are found in The Green Home, a book dedicated to teaching builders and homeowners alike about …
Minister of State (Independent charge) for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has urged the Delhi Government to make it mandatory for all buildings to reinforce the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the Capital. Inspired by the Delhi Government
The ITC Green Center that Hillary Clinton visited last month is an early adopter of sustainable construction. If it were not for its bright red brick-work facade, passersby would find it difficult to spot the ITC Green Center among the soaring glass and concrete blocks that are burgeoning around it. …
The Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program is enabling a number of low-income homes to receive efficiency measures, like super insulated windows. As the prospect of colder weather rolls in, green panes could rise to new stimulus-fueled peaks. Windows are a $20 billion market in the U.S. and stimulus funds …
Development Alternatives (DA), a non- profit in New Delhi, recently organised a three-day Capacity Building Training on "Building for Future: Green and eco-friendly". Attended by students, architects and civil engineers from across India, the training programme aimed at creating awareness about sustainable building practices and green buildings.
Urbanisation in India is both a necessary input and an inevitable consequence of growth. However, we must accept that the existing urbanisation models are unsustainable at the Indian scale and there is no available alternative trajectory. The international climate change negotiations can be seen as an opportunity to create an …
An intensive, multiyear effort to make AAAS headquarters more energy efficient and environmentally friendly has earned the building honors from the U.S. Green Building Council. The headquarters is the first building in Washington, D.C. to earn gold-level certification in the existing building category through the Council's Leadership in Energy and …
San Francisco: Returning to their ranch-style house in Sacramento after a long summer workday, Jon and Kim Waldrep were routinely met by a wall of heat.
KOCHI: With the Centre introducing several benefits for eco-friendly buildings, the Indian Green Building Council, Kerala Chapter, is planning to popularise the concept of green buildings in the city.
THE gateway to South India, Chennai, which has numerous heritage buildings, can be proud for yet another reason. The city houses the maximum number of `Green Buildings' in the country. At a press conference here on Tuesday, K P Pradeep, publisher of `The Masterbuilder', said there were 34 green buildings …
Companies are taking a selective approach to reducing their impact on the environment, moving slowly on bigger investments while embracing strategies like energy efficiency and waste reduction that quickly lift profits. As concerns over global warming grow, the number of firms announcing plans to become "greener" have proliferated, with previous …
Aloysius Xavier Lopez Green building uses less energy, water and healthier for insiders GOING GREEN: The new Legislative Assembly complex coming up in Chennai . CHENNAI: The construction project of the new Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Complex has been registered with the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) for a green …
