Projects

India's inputs for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

September 15, 2010 to December 20, 2010

| Completed Project

This project was undertaken for the Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI and provided the technical inputs for the documentation to be prepared from India for the Secretary General''''''''s Report to the Second meeting of the Preparatory Committee of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

GRIHA Rating for MTNL Exchange Building, Malad, Mumbai

September 11, 2010 to April 30, 2012

| Completed Project

| Sustainable Habitat

The office building of MTNL is located in Malad. It is designed as a green building and incorporates various features like tree preservation, deployment of PV panels, laobur health and safety on site during construction, use of fly ash bricks and conservation of water. The project is targeting a 3 star rating under GRIHA.

Maintenance of Plantation at Malara Green Cap

September 1, 2010 to May 22, 2014

| Completed Project

TERI would help TCL to develop a sustainable green cover over overburden dumps besides improving other physical measures using mycorrhizal technology in various plant species of economic importance so that: 1/ The area is converted to better substrates for plant growth;

Assessment of technological options for conversion of potential/existing biomass resources to liquid fuels

September 1, 2010 to June 21, 2012

| Completed Project

The objectives of the project include: Detailed review of technological options and identifying the most suitable technical options for the existing biomass resource. Shortlist districts in terms of potential/ existing biomass resource availability based on Phase-I study. Detailed biomass assessment study in the short-listed districts.

Indicative Road Map For Achieving Up To 40% Carbon Emission Reduction By 2020

August 31, 2010 to July 15, 2011

| Completed Project

The study is expected to provide inputs for designing an indicative roadmap of the economy in achieving the carbon emission reduction, by analysing existing information.

Integrated renewable energy resource assessment for Gujarat

August 15, 2010 to March 8, 2012

| Completed Project

Renewable Energy resource and potential assessment data presently available is not very user friendly. The data currently available is voluminous and very scattered. Moreover the assessment of the potential of a renewable energy resource is dependent on many factors apart from the resource availability itself and may not be accounted for.

Support for Research and Review of Preliminary Results for carbon capture and storage - Global Components, India

August 6, 2010 to July 21, 2011

| Completed Project

The main activities involved in this project are:1. General Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)2. CO2 sources analysis3. Assesment of CO2 sinks4. Source-Sink-Matching5. Integrated assesment

Climate Change: Implications for human development, security, and
<br>ecosystem sustainability in Africa

August 2, 2010 to February 10, 2012

| Completed Project

The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) jointly with the African Union Commission (AUC) and the African Development Bank (AfDB) are organizing the Seventh African Development Forum (ADF-VII). TERI will be contributing to the background research . A background paper has to be developed on "Climate change, human development, security and ecosystem sustainability".

Symposium on ‘Promoting Rural Entrepreneurship for Enhancing Access to Clean Lighting Options’ - A Parallel Event during DIREC 2010

August 1, 2010 to December 7, 2010

| Completed Project

The DIREC (Delhi International Renewable Energy Conference) 2010 is a part of the initiative taken at the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, acknowledging the significance of renewable energies for sustainable development.

Backgrounder for Conference on Sustainable and Climate resilient Urban Development
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July 21, 2010 to September 18, 2010

| Completed Project

DFID- India co-hosted a conference on 'Sustainable and Climate Resilient Urban Development' on September 8-9, 2010 along with Rockefeller Foundation and commissioned TERI to prepare a thematic publication as a background to the Conference.