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 …
To make Commonwealth Games in 2010 an eco-friendly affair, the Green Council of the Commonwealth organizing committee, led by Shashi Tharoor, met chief minister Sheila Dikshit and other agencies involved in exploring the option of using wind energy during the Games, alongwith other natural energy resources like solar energy. At …
New Delhi: In times of depleting energy resources and increasing costs, JNU has a solution at hand. The administration has decided that all new buildings being constructed in the campus should have energy-saving mechanisms like rainwater harvesting and solar heaters. The university also plans to have its own water treatment …
It appears that our understanding of the urban ecosystem in our cities will continue to limit our competence in providing environmentally and ecologically sustainable alternatives for urban habitats. One solution, experts argue, is to go vertical, while improving all the other needed services like roads, water and waste disposal. These …
This paper mainly emphasizes on the more or less modern concept of green building, mainly emphasizes on the more or less modern concept of green building, mainly emphasizing on their environmental impact, the various materials required and their rating system in India. Few examples of green buildings in India have …
The main objective of the modified component of the scheme is to promote the widespread construction of energy efficient solar/ green buildings in the country through a combination of financial and promotional incentives, and other support measures so as to save a substantial amount of electricity and other fossil fuels …
This report explains three basic principles of Greening growth: quality of economic growth, eco-efficiency of economic growth, and environmental sustainability vis-a-vis environmental performance: and four pillars of Green growth: eco-tax reform, sustainable infrastructure, the greening of business and sustainable consumption. It explores them as potential for policy options and approaches …
Blessed with gigantic oil deposits, Abu Dhabi has the world's highest per capita consumption of energy. Now, a green metropolis is being built there, eventually to become a center for regenerative forms of energy. Is this going to work? A report from the construction site.
In a joint initiative undertaken by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, green buildings will now be rated on a national scale called Griha. The ratings, according to sources, will be launched in a month
Smriti Kak Ramachandran NEW DELHI: Having eulogised the merits of making the switch to energy efficient designs, the Central Government is getting ready to showcase its first completely green building with the hope that it will have a cascading impact. The upcoming headquarter of the Ministry of External Affairs at …
The Udyog Bhavan building on Rafi Marg was on Sunday awarded the National Energy Conservation Award for the most energy efficient office building in the country. Constructed and maintained by the CPWD, it
Developers are looking at a range of emission reduction options, from double-glazed windows and doors to external solar shading, writes M.Dinesh Varma As inter governmental responses to tackle global warming gather urgency, changed perspectives on climate change are bringing in several innovative tools and technologies. And with the correlation between
CCE will be working with Indian organisations: Connor green drive: (From left) Douglas Barrett, director, construction, Asia Pacific British Expertise; Ramesh Nair of Jones Lang LaSalle; David Earp of Colt International; and Mike Connor, British Deputy High Commissioner in South India, at a seminar in Chennai on Wednesday. CHENNAI: The …
The Dawoodi Bohra community, has decided to give the city its first eco-friendly mosque. The construction of the mosque, at the Tambawala compound in Mazgaon, is expected to be completed in two years. Architect Esmail Neemuchwala said the primary focus would on rainwater harvesting and using less electricity.
A German settlement homes in on energy efficiency Sixteen years ago when France withdrew its troops from Vauban, a small German territory close to the border, Germany
Green buildings eat, drink and spend less. Societies that worry about their resources encourage their architects and construction companies to be conservationist. The Indian Green Buildings Congress (IGBC) has been trying to encourage a change in priorities. It faces the challenge of sensitising builders even as the backlog in infrastructure …
Ranchi: Upcoming buildings in the city will have to include a water harvesting plan in their design to get the approval of the government henceforth. After constant deliberation of the Rotarians of the state for two years, the state government has finally agreed to make water-harvesting mandatory for every urban …
