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 …
At Solar Energy Centre in Gurgaon, solar ACs have replaced conventional devices. Some other buildings have switched to alternative cooling techniques to limit electricity bills Summer is here and most people will be cooling their heels, quite literally, inside their airconditioned homes. But overdependence on these energy-guzzling devices—ACs—has prompted scientists …
The Low Carbon Green Growth Roadmap for Asia and the Pacific explores the opportunities that a low carbon green growth path offers to the region. It articulates five tracks on which to drive the economic system change necessary to pursue low carbon green growth as a new economic development path. …
Planned by British architects Chapman Taylor, and to be executed by the National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC), East Kidwai Nagar is an ambitious redevelopment project, pegged at an approximate cost of Rs 4,500 crore. The government plans to raze the existing 2,331 government quarters in East Kidwai Nagar and replace …
Global telecom body, GSM Association (GSMA), and Bharti Airtel’s tower arm Bharti Infratel said on Wednesday that they have partnered to develop and promote green technologies for telecom tower infrastructure in the country. The collaboration will entail working together to convert 1,000 Bharti Infratel towers into green sites, which will …
Corporate Environment Responsibility is as important as Corporate Social Responsibility, as the world faces grave climate change challenges, Mr J.M Mauskar, Special Secretary, Environment Ministry, said here on Tuesday. Addressing an event on “Green Buildings', Mr Mauskar said all corporates, especially builders, need to have internal regulations in place to …
The European Union (EU) has provided Rs 210 million to implement the project titled "Vertical Shaft Brick Kiln and other Sustainable Construction Practices. The EU grant to be spent through Deutsche Management Akademie Niedersachsen (DMAN, Germany) covers 90 percent of the project cost while the remaining part will be borne …
India is at a crossroads in its development path. To keep pace with a projected 9 percent growth rate, India’s energy production must grow 6.5 percent per year from 2011 to 2017. India’s growth rate means rapid urbanization; building occupied area in India is projected to skyrocket from 8 billion …
A comprehensive document on standards for air-conditioning and ventilation installations. Brings in international standards for sustainable building and construction, significantly reducing carbon footprint.
Economist Jeremy Rifkin, who is credited with mooting the concept of a “Third Industrial Revolution” spoke to BW’s Yashodhara Dasgupta and Suneera Tandon. Excerpts: On a fleeting visit to India Jeremy Rifkin, Founder & President, Foundation on Economic Trends, USA, shares his revolutionary ideology of the "Third Industrial Revolution" business …
Builders are now turning their attention on green buildings in a big way after the government unveiled a national rating system for green building design Apart from vertical developments, builders are also focusing their projects on green developments. For this, they are getting approval from GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated …
AHMEDABAD: In an attempt to cut down on "soaring" electricity bills, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to use green and energy-efficient techniques to reduce power consumption by almost 35 per cent. The AMC has decided to construct all its new projects as green buildings, convert its main energy consuming …
There is an institutional gap in rural areas, and thus it is difficult to implement the green rating for integrated habitat assessment (Griha) scheme in those areas, said Nobel prize laureate Rajendra Pachauri, who is also director of The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri). He was talking to media persons …
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) and Tata Capital Limited on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work closely on BEE’s Energy Efficiency Financing Platform (EEFP). The platform seeks to create a mechanism to facilitate financing of energy efficiency projects. The MoU was signed by Dr Ajay Mathur, …
KOCHI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has formulated 50 projects which will be implemented in the state soon, PWD Minister V K Ebrahim Kunju has said. “Most of these projects have already begun. Strict instructions have been given to the officials concerned to complete the projects on time. A state-level …
The idea of green rating of buildings has taken roots in India. This is in line with the global trend in which the rating tools set benchmarks for green measures for constructing and using buildings to make them sustainable and to reduce their negative impacts on environment. Based on the …
In this report, the authors take stock of the trends and indicators that tell how, and how well, the world of business is doing to address sustainability concerns. It presents 10 key trends one needs to know for 2012.
BHUBANESWAR: The Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project (ICZMP) of Odisha is set to embrace low carbon strategies through its project components in the State. The ICZMP has set off on a series of plans for reduction of carbon footprints while putting in place infrastructure across the State. It has already …
Volkswagen AG's new assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is the first auto plant to receive the top environmental award from the U.S. Green Building Council, the company said on Thursday. Frank Fischer, chief executive and chairman of Volkswagen Chattanooga, said that being green saves VW money on energy and water …
By October 2011, India is expected to have a National Manufacturing Policy which will aspire to create 100 million additional jobs in the next 10 years. This aim will be achieved by increasing the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) share of the manufacturing sector from the current level of 16% to …
The department of environment of West Bengal government has initiated steps to make green building norms mandatory in the state. “We have already written to the state urban development and municipal affairs departments to amend rules and regulations,” state principal secretary to the department of environment Mr RPS Kahlon said …
