Projects

Completed Projects

Indo-German perspectives on an inclusive green economy

November 1, 2012 to
March 6, 2013

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) together are hosting a workshop on 19 November 2012. The workshop will consist of a series of panel discussions featuring experts from India and Germany deliberating various issues related to a green and inclusive economy in India. Each panel will be structured in a manner so that it has two panelists -- one expert from India and one expert from Germany.

Sustainable Urban Development: Minimizing Urban Heat Island Effect and Imperviousness factor

January 19, 2012 to
February 15, 2013

Research project on study urban heat island in bangalore city and suggest measures to mitigate them at building level

Identification and screening for potential biodiesel yielding microalgae from North-East India

August 10, 2009 to
February 4, 2013
The main objectives of the project are:

Collection, isolation, purification and identification of microalgae from lower Assam, Barak Valley and Meghalaya;

Culture maintenance and deposition to the repository;

Screening of lipid profile and quantification;

Fatty acid profile identification and quantification;

Impact of physiological factors and culture conditions on growh, lipid profile.

Resource use benchmarking and performance enhancement in selected Asian railway stations with comparative analysis of resource use

July 20, 2012 to
January 31, 2013

The project involves assessment of current resource consumption and use patterns by conducting energy, water, and waste audits in non-traction areas of the Indian Railway stations. Based on the data analysis from these audits, the baseline will be established. Potential of green measures will be checked and applied to improve performance of energy and water consumption, reduce waste generation and application of renewable and recyclable resources, development of achievable benchmarks, and carry out benchmarking of selected Indian railway stations.

Vegetative and Micropropagation of Selected Clones of Seabuckthorn and Field Performance Evaluation in Arunachal Pradesh

February 15, 2009 to
January 19, 2013
The objectives of the project are:
1/ Exploration of Seabuckthorn germplasm in Sikkim Himalayas
2/ Micropropagation prootcol development of superior genotypes
3/ Clonal Propagation through vegetative cuttings
4/ Field performance evaluation of selected clones in 5 ha area

Pro-poor mobility: Policy guidelines and Case studies

April 17, 2012 to
December 31, 2012

This project forms part of UH-HABITAT's GENUS Programme (Global Energy Network for Urban Settlements), which consists of three components (1) slum electrification; (2) waste to energy; and (3) pro-poor mobility. The main objectives of this project are to:

conduct a workshop with experts and stakeholders on informal transport in India;

conduct a research on at least 50 case-studies on pro-poor mobility solutions that have been implemented in various countries;

facilitate knowledge dissemination on pro-poor mobility.

Managing REEEP South Asia Secretariat 2012 -13

May 1, 2012 to
December 14, 2012

The REEEP South Asia Secretariat will be responsible for coordinating and facilitating REEEP activities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The specific tasks are: (i)To undertake local need assessments and identify policy changes in the covered regions and identify local political and private sector opportunities for REEEP; (ii) Adopt Regional Action Plan according to the results of needs assessments; (iii) Carry out policy analysis and adopt SERN Database for all the covered regions.

Integrating New and Sustainable Technologies involving Elimination of Poverty: Business plan for four regions of Gujarat

August 8, 2011 to
December 7, 2012
The concept of Integrating New and Sustainable Technologies involving Elimination of Poverty (INSTEP) centre was developed by TERI with the objective of providing technologies and services to the rural community, where the community would be involved in planning, implementing and monitoring the functioning of the centre. VITO’s goal is to bring about a transition that will vitally strengthen the component of clean technologies in the rural development process through profitable and sustainable ventures.

Environmental Fiscal Reforms in India: Where and How?

February 1, 2010 to
November 29, 2012
The project proposes to design EFR instruments for a selected set of environmental and resource management issues in India, taking into account several consideration such as efficiency and cost effectiveness of the instrument, its distributional and equity impacts, fiscal implications and also the administrative feasibility and flexibility.

Orientation courses on solar charging stations for senior officials of the LWE-affected districts

July 13, 2012 to
November 24, 2012

TERI will be conducting 5 one day workshops for senior district officials of the 60 LWE affected districts. The objectives are to sensitize them on operational and economic aspects of solar charging station thereby enabling them to replicate similar models in LWE districts. The workshops will be held in Patna, Bhopal, Ranchi, Bhubhneshwar and Raipur.