Green roofs can help cities adapt to climate change
Dusty Gedge, president of European Federation of Green Roof Association, says growing a garden on roofs gives relief from heat island effect and …
Too cool for comfort
How rising incomes are lowering room temperatures at the cost of energy, health and comfort
Power hat trick
Tri-generation systems use one fuel for simultaneous heating, cooling and power generation
Half of Indian states lags national average in first energy, climate index
Small states perform better on environmental sustainability
Our Agenda for survival EP2: Rethinking comfort: We should not make air-conditioners a status symbol
Managing our cooling and heating demands is critical to environmental sustainability. Are we doing it right? Sunita Narain explains why we need …
City trapped in a solar oven
Climate-incompatible buildings that fuel excessive use of air- conditioners not only add to the energy needs of cities but also create …
Lighting up hearts
A hospital for cardiac patients in Ahmedabad is sunlit to cheer up patients. It saves energy, too
A thin green coating
No check on performance of green-rated buildings; developers pocket government incentives
‘Energy conservation is a moving target’
A decade has passed since the Energy Conservation Act was enacted in 2001. Most provisions of the law are yet to be implemented properly. Ajay …
Energy demand can be lowered with efficient appliances, behavioural change: Study
If old fans are exchanged for efficient 5-star ones, it can help households in saving money and reduce the load on the power grid, the study said
Emissions trading for electricity is the sensible way forward
An emissions intensity scheme would provide a stable carbon policy that the electricity sector needs to have investment confidence
Talks on Montreal Protocol amendment proposals begin
One of the major concerns in the discussion on fixing a baseline or freeze dates is the non-existence of data on HFCs by the developing countries
India needs to invest $ 140 billion annually to transform energy sector
According to the IEA, India currently faces energy and development challenges as one in five Indians lack access to electricity
Making sense of climate debate
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Greenest of all
Model building design that helps save energy and money by exploiting the sun’s movement
‘If Agenda 2030 is not achieved, the world faces threat to stability’
Several businessmen, investors and experts are of the opinion that energy transition is the key to keeping the world peaceful and stable
Smartphones would be environmentally the most destructive device by 2020: study
85 per cent of their emissions impact comes from production because it needs a lot of energy to produce chip and motherboard of smartphones
IEA report recommends radical near-term reductions in energy sector CO2 emissions
Over the coming decades, the demand for oil will be generated from freight, aviation and petrochemicals sectors where alternatives are scarce
Simply creative
General principles of architecture are imaginatively applied to create a green building in Gurgaon
Energy transition holds key to tackle global energy and climate crisis: IRENA
World Energy Transitions Outlook outlines priority actions till 2030 to keep 1.5°C alive; calls on governments to fast-track energy …
Not as Cool: Ensure real world energy savings from ACs
With extreme weather events, heat waves and heat island effects becoming common, testing of ACs must become stringent to ensure real world performance
35 GW power project in Indonesia: Interview with Agung Wicaksono
Agung Wicaksono talks about the 35GW power project in Indonesia. Wicaksono is Vice-Chairman, Programme Management Office for the 35 GW …
Defining High Ambient Temperature crucial to HFC phase-down
A population weighted effective temperature model is being recommended by experts at the 37th Open-Ended Working Group meeting in Geneva
India needs an energy disclosure policy
BEE needs to revisit, revive, and expand its star rating system for all designated consumers, especially buildings. It can’t be kept …
Let there be CFL
See the light CFL is becoming popular in India with a little help from government schemes. But its wide-scale use requires regulation