Renewable energy provided jobs to 11 mn people in 2018: IRENA report

Solar photovoltaics (PV) industry emerged as the top employer with 3.6 million jobs

Idea of regulating comfort for energy efficiency

First-ever push for thermal comfort standard for buildings shifts focus from only energy efficiency of mechanical cooling systems to thermal …

India's first quick charging station for electric vehicles

ViVa or Vidyut Vahan is India's first quick charging electric vehicles. It takes 90 per cent less time to charge an electric rickshaw—80 …

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5 stars for saving electricity

Sodium vapour or fluorescent lights?

Say hello to eco-justice

Jharkhand introduces e-trials and e-mulakats to save fuel, connect prisoners with families

Say hello to eco-justice

Jharkhand introduces e-trials and e-mulakats to save fuel, connect prisoners with families

Agartala to be first LED-illuminated city in northeastern India

Switch to LED-based street lighting is expected to save city corporation at least Rs 2 crore

Electricity grid to get smart

Performance-based funds to half power distribution loss

Embodied energy demystified

Building materials are much more energy-intensive than perceived. India lags in taking steps to reduce their use

House that

Global industrial emissions: Steeling through?

The sector is not adopting cutting-edge technologies, switching fuels, or even working on energy efficiency and demand reduction

Microfinance and energy access

The experience of clean energy and MFIs working together as close allies has not been smooth in the past

Time for bright switch

India set to introduce standards to ensure quality imports of LEDs

Zimbabwe struggles with energy poverty

Only 44 per cent of the over 3 million households in the country are electrified, reveals national energy audit

Wind swept

For a clean energy economy  

Landmark ATM

Mumbai’s solar powered teller machine saves Rs 20,000 a year

Wasted

Piecing it together

Keep it flowing

Tour of a house that thrives on air circulation, saves energy cost

Who shrunk the energy bill?

What’s good insulation?

Many architects use imported, expensive and environmentally inappropriate material

Confusing signal

As the government rushes to digitise cable TV network, analysts say it will only add to the burden of consumers