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In an interview with MagicBricks.com, Ms Mili Majumdar, Director, Sustainable Habitat Division, TERI, talks about the concept of green homes and its benefits.
Fuelled by massive rise in number of vehicles, the air quality in six metros in the country has worsened in the last five years. The mushrooming of industries has been labelled as the second highest contributor to the deteriorating air pollution, according to the Environmental Survey 2013. The survey was conducted by TERI across six cities -- Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Mumbai. As part of the survey, Dr R K Pachauri-led team interviewed over 4000 people across these
Read moreThe attitude and perceptions of Delhiites towards the city's environment were reflected in an 'Environmental Survey 2013' released by TERI on 03 June 2013. The survey was aimed at gauging people's perception, behaviour and awareness and opinions about environmental issues. Along with Delhi - which had 1,114 respondents - the survey was also carried out in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru. While releasing the survey, Dr R K Pachauri, TERI's Director General, said: 'Our
Read moreMamana, which is located somewhere between the towns of Rath and Sarila in Uttar Pradesh with a population of 4,387 is clearly a 'water crisis' village with scarce potable water. This is because every one of its 40 hand pumps yields only brackish water. According to data put out by the Delhi-based TERI, 162,000 villages in India face the problem of brackish or contaminated water and a scarcity of fresh water. Cooking dal in this water drawn from the pump would be a disaster as they will
Read moreFortum will participate in the Sustainable Bioenergy Solutions for Tomorrow (BEST) research programme established by two Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (SHOK), CLEEN Oy and FIBIC Oy, in Finland and India. The programme is the first joint programme of the two SHOKs, and its goal is to encompass a completely new kind of collaboration between forest and energy know-how. TERI is the main partner from India during the first phase of the programme.
The EU (European Union) said it hasn't yet sent any penalty notifications to Air India Ltd and Jet Airways (India) Ltd for not providing greenhouse gas emissions data on flights within Europe and plans to hold talks with them regarding the issue. Air India and Jet Airways have been told by the Indian government not to submit any data to EU under the emissions trading scheme (ETS). Dr Prodipto Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow at TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) said any country trying to
Read moreThe Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) organized a promotional program for 'Energy Efficiency in New Residential Construction in India' in Bangalore. The program aimed to revolutionize the approach in developing the largest sector in India on principles of sustainability. The key highlights of the promotional program include an assessment of the IT tool titled 'IT Toolkit: ResBuild India' developed by Fraunhofer Institute of Germany and customized by TERI for Indian conditions.
Read moreQualcomm Incorporated, through Qualcomm Wireless Reach, Nexleaf Analytics, in collaboration with TERI, Project Surya and the UK Department for International Development, announced that they have worked together on the development of SootSwap, a mobile application for monitoring the use and incentivizing the adoption of clean cooking technologies.
Read moreLeading researchers, policymakers and businesspeople from India and the US discussed strategies for collaboration towards energy security for both countries as they move towards low-carbon economic pathways. Issues relating to sustainable development were in spotlight at the just concluded US-India Energy Partnership Summit with the theme of 'Stimulating Technology, Trade and Development,' organised by TERI in association with Yale University.
Read moreAccess to clean, reliable and affordable sources of energy is a major policy priority for India, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh said in a message to the Fourth US-India Energy Partnership Summit. His message was read out by the Indian Ambassador to the US Ms Nirupama Rao during the two-day conference organised by TERI in association with Yale University.
Read moreIn line with Tetra Pak's commitment to the environment, the company recently launched 'Your Cartons. My Classroom', along with TERI. This is an initiative to sensitize the people of Delhi towards the cause of recycling and encourage them to come forward and join school students to collect empty Tetra Pak cartons which were then recycled into school furniture for six schools that were in need of a better learning environment.
Read moreA training programme on Green Building Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment was organised by TERI for the engineers of Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC). The speakers deliberated on the need for sustainable approach in designing and planning OTDC properties in the State and basics of solar passive architecture.
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