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 …
Environmentally friendly construction is not just a fad perpetrated by eco activists; it saves money, creates jobs and improves the quality of life for residents who live in green buildings, as well as slashing greenhouse gas emissions. Green building offers a viable solution to help combat climate change because projects …
UN-HABITAT has an important role in supporting institutions, professionals and the private sector in the housing and construction sector to mitigate climate change, writes Mohamed El Sioufi, Head of UN-HABITAT
This policy brief calls for investment of 1% of global GDP in energy efficiency of buildings, renewable energy, sustainable transport, ecological infrastructure and sustainable agriculture.According to this, investing about US$750 billion of stimulus monies in the green economy could aid recovery from the economic downturn, create jobs, address poverty, promote …
Meteorology plays an important role in the design, alignment and orientation of buildings, streets and urban colonies. Mitigative measures to ameliorate adverse impacts in tropical climates are suggested.
This paper discusses the multiple benefits and opportunities that improved energy efficiency in housing brings for all the three pillars of sustainable development. Environmental, macroeconomic, microeconomic benefits, social implications and energy security issues are discussed, along with a specific case of the transition country. It reviews the current state of …
Indicative of energy efficiency certified by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency Staff Reporter NEW DELHI: The Reserve Bank of India on Parliament Street here was certified as the first four-star rated building in the national Capital on Wednesday. The four stars are indicative of the building
Power Ministry Body To Give Certificates For Annual Consumption Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: Get ready for certified energy efficient buildings now. Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), after having started a star rating programme for electronic goods, is extending the scheme to buildings as well. The ratings, meant only …
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, VERTICAL TOWNS DOMINATE URBANISATION DISCOURSE Sushmi Dey NEW DELHI India is all set to establish a niche for itself in the growing green infrastructure marketplace and vertical townships. With the shrinking availability of land for residential development in the northern India and increasing demand for residential space, vertical …
SEAMLESS URBANISATION KEY TO ECONOMIC PROSPERITY TK Arun NEW DELHI Mohenjo-daro and Harappa were large cities with covered drains, paved roads and town planning. That was 4,500 years ago. Today
Date: 18-Feb-09 Country: JAPAN Author: Arshad Mohammed TOKYO - The United States and Japan should work with China on clean energy as it faces the heavy energy use that usually comes with industrialization, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Tuesday. Making her first trip abroad as the top U.S. …
BHUBANESWAR: The Orissa Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (IDCO) conducted a training programme for its engineers and managers on green building and LEED rating recently. With experts from Hyderabad-based CII-Godrej Green Building Centre S Srinibas and SK Nandyal leading the training, Chairman IDCO Sourabh Garg emphasised on the significance of the …
Cooper Hospital set for green makeover MUMBAI: Dr R N Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle will be the city's first-ever green hospital. The BMC was forced to go back to the drawing table after the ministry of environment and forests insisted that it consider alternate sources of energy and other …
Energy can be saved in homes by adopting the following measures: Using renewable energy devices/systems such as solar water heaters, solar cookers, solar lanterns, solar home systems, solar generators, and other devices; Retrofitting some components of solar passive architecture, for example, sunshades, double glazed windows, smart glazing, window overhangs, roof …
Homes/buildings that incorporate concepts of solar passive design and utilize energy efficient equipment and devices, which run on renewable energy, are called energy efficient solar homes/buildings. Such homes/buildings provide comfortable living and working conditions, both in winter and in summer, with minimal consumption of electricity. Energy efficient homes/buildings can save …
A green building depletes the natural resources to the minimum during its construction and operation. The aim of a green building design is to minimize the demand on non-renewable resources, maximize the utilization efficiency of these resources, when in use, and maximize the reuse, recycling, and utilization of renewable resources. …
Staff Reporter | Bhopal Environment Planning and Co-ordination Organisation (EPCO) in association with Bureau of Energy Association organised a workshop on
Industry sees sense in going green On the face of it, there is not much to celebrate. Wastage of resources has become acute. We seem to be in an era of energy-guzzlers. But things are not that bad if we scratch the surface a bit
