Articles for Energy & Environment

Honeywell launches a Smart Building score for India

The Honeywell Smart Building Score is a first-of-its-kind global tool evaluating a building on the three key aspects of a smart building - green, safe and productive

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Delhi government hikes security deposit for cutting trees

For each tree to be removed, the rate for security deposit has been increased from Rs 28,000 to Rs 34,500 and from Rs 28,000 to Rs 57,000 for individual applicants and commercial projects respectively

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DJB turns to solar power to cut costs, protect environment

Solar power plant generating 6600 units of electricity per month has been installed by the Delhi Jal Board at it's Varunalaya Office Complex in Delhi aiming to reduce power bill and help in environmental conservation

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Smartphone app for renewable energy info launched in UAE

The only global tool of its kind, launched by the International Renewable Energy Agency, the app combines 1,000 maps from 67 governments and 50 data centres to provide information on global renewable energy sector

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Officials of four states discuss steps to check pollution in NCR

A high level meeting, chaired by Delhi Chief Secretary K K Sharma with the top officers of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, discussed various steps including installation of weigh-in-motion (WIM) systems on border points to reduce the vehicular pollution in Delhi/NCR

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Govt raises solar power target five-times to 1,00,000 MW by 2022

With this ambitious target of generating 1,00,000 MW of solar power by 2022, approved by Union Cabinet, India will become one of the world's largest green energy producers

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IEA warns of 4.3C temperature jump from climate change

The International Energy Agency has warned that the global temperatures could jump by as much as 4.3 degrees Celsius by the end of the century and urged countries to improve their pledges on reducing emissions

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Centre to come up with waste-to-energy policies

Centre will soon come up with policies on waste into energy or composite materials besides formulating a strategy on reuse of debris, the Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu has said

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