Articles
Sustainable Building Materials: Accelerating the journey towards low carbon development
14 Jan 2020
Over the next 20 years, more than half of new buildings expected to be built by 2060 will be constructed. To achieve the ambition of keeping the global warming to 2°C or below, it is necessary to address energy and emissions from buildings. It is imperative to deploy energy-efficient and low-carbon building technologies to meet the growing demand for energy services.
Can cleaner air reduce respiratory illnesses?
14 Jan 2020
The prototype tool has been developed by researchers at TERI, NCSU, AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital and Vardhman Mahavir College, Statconsulta with support from DST.
Bringing Back Tigers to Mukundara
06 Jan 2020 | Dr AJT Johnsingh
The big cat is India's pride but its dwindling population is a serious concern today. In this piece, the author writes about his observations on the behavioural ecology of tigers in the Mukundara Hills Tiger Reserve (MHTR) — Rajasthan's recently established tiger reserve and gives suggestions for the successful management of the reserve.
TERI develops blockchain-enabled prototype to help you sell solar power — through your phone
31 Dec 2019 | Dr Shashank Vyas
TERI has developed a platform to facilitate peer-to-peer transactions of solar energy among consumers in the same neighbourhood
Understanding barriers to energy efficiency: Decoding consumer behaviour
24 Dec 2019 | Ms Rajshi Vallabhi
Apart from easy availability of energy efficient technologies, consumers require a nudge to bring about behavioural change regarding energy conservation in daily life
वायु प्रदूषण से बचने के विकल्पों को प्राथमिकता देने की सख्त ज़रूरत
17 Dec 2019
पिछले महीने उत्तर भारत में वायु प्रदूषण असहनीय स्तर पर पहुंच गया था। ज़हरीली हवा को देखते हुए दिल्ली-एनसीआर में जन स्वास्थ्य आपातकाल की घोषणा कर दी गयी थी। निर्माण कार्यों और पूरी ठंड के दौरान पटाखे फोड़ने पर प्रतिबंध लगा दिया गया। पर वायु प्रदूषण की समस्या सिर्फ़ दिल्ली तक ही सीमित नहीं है। भारत के दूसरे शहर भी वायु प्रदूषण से हांफ रहे हैं। दिल्ली के पड़ोसी राज्य उत्तरप्रदेश के प्रयागराज (इलाहबाद), कानपुर, आगरा, और लखनऊ भी प्रदूषित शहरों की श्रेणी में आते हैं।
Clearing the haze of shared mobility
17 Dec 2019
Indian cities are currently witnessing a trend of growing private ownership (cars and two-wheelers) of vehicles and declining public and non-motorised transport use. As per the Road Transport Year Book, 230 million vehicles are plying on Indian roads in 2016 out of which 86% of vehicle share is of the private vehicles[1].