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TERI, USGBC join hands for green buildings
08 Jul 2014
| Business Standard
TERI has inked an agreement with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) to design and construct green buildings in India. TERI's GRIHA (Green Rating For Integrated Habitat Assessment) project along with USGBC's LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) share common goals in promoting green buildings. Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General of TERI, said that designing and constructing buildings, as envisaged in the GRIHA project, would ensure that India and the world do not
Read moreTERI to act as regional hub for UN Goals 2030
07 Jul 2014
| The Hindu
The United Nations\' South Asia Regional Network initiative, Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), was launched at TERI University after a workshop on prioritising sustainability challenges in South Asia. TERI along with BRAC University, Bangladesh, will be the UN\'s regional hub for implementation of global and local Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI said that Indian society has practised sustainable development for thousands of years
Read moreEaton releases its first Sustainability Report for India
02 Jul 2014
| News Track India
Power management company Eaton announced the release of its first India Sustainability Report. The report was launched as part of an industry symposium \'Business Leadership for Energy Sustainability in India\' hosted by TERI. Titled \'Powering Sustainable Growth in India 2013\', the report covers the operations owned and managed by Eaton in India for the year 2013 and supplements Eaton\'s global sustainability report, which is published as part of the organization\'s corporate annual report
Read moreFrance to partner India on climate change, proposes 1 bn euro credit line
01 Jul 2014
| Business Standard
French Foreign Minister Mr Laurent Fabius called for greater cooperation between France and India to tackle climate change and offered a proposed credit line of 1 billion Euro to enable sustainable urban development. Mr Fabius was speaking at a discussion on \"Sustainable development in response to climate change\" organised by the French embassy, TERI and Confederation of Indian Industry. He outlined five areas of concrete cooperation between the two countries--cooperation on carbon-free
Read moreStructural flaws, unchecked growth make e-rickshaws a safety hazard
18 Jun 2014
| Indian Express
The absence of any kind of measures to regulate e-rickshaws is one of the reasons why so many of them have started plying on Delhi roads over the past one year. In August 2013, the Transport department enlisted the help of TERI to carry out a study on e-rickshaws. The draft, submitted by TERI in early 2014, highlighted the need to restrict e-rickshaws to certain parts of the city. According to TERI survey, 80 per cent of those who commuted in e-rickshaws said they felt unsafe. This led to a
Read moreAIIMS takes steps to walk the green path
15 Jun 2014
| The Hindu
The country\'s largest medical institute, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, has set in motion wheels of change towards going green. En route the green journey, the institute plans to conserve energy, reduce water consumption and work on the establishment\'s urban heat island effect to reduce microclimate heat by at least three degree Celsius. Detailing the path forward, AIIMS chief Dr M C Misra said that TERI has already started work on developing specific targets for the institute.
Read moreEnergy efficiency project for Coimbatore foundries
13 Jun 2014
| The Hindu
With focus on energy efficiency and reducing power cost for industries, United Nations Industrial Development Organisation and Global Environment Facility (GEF) will implement a project for foundries in Coimbatore to improve their energy efficiency. It will be executed by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency. Officials of BEE and TERI said the GEF was already implementing a project in five industrial clusters in the country, jointly with the World Bank. Mr Prosanto Pal of TERI said that awareness
Read moreStrengthen CIL for immediate relief
12 Jun 2014
| Business World
Coal is the backbone of the Indian economy as close to 60 per cent of the country\'s energy needs is met by thermal power plants. However, delayed environmental clearances, low yielding mines, illegal mining, red-tapism, litigation and corruption have paralysed the sector. In an interview with Business World, Mr Nitya Nanda, TERI, explains why the revival of the coal sector is not easy and needs more than block allocations and environmental clearances.
Read moreGovt-commissioned panel moots green cess on thermal power, coal
11 Jun 2014
| The Free Press Journal
A government-commissioned panel has recommended a cess of 119 rupees per tn on coal production and 75 paise per unit on thermal power generation to mitigate the negative impact of such activities on the ecology and the local social structure. For thermal plants, a single cess of 83 paise per kWh has also been suggested as an alternative to take into account both mining and power generation, according to the panel\'s report. The study titled \'Equitable sharing of benefits arising from coal
Read moreQ&A: The perils of a fast-changing climate
09 Jun 2014
| Aljazeera
Speaking in Qatar at the opening of a new solar power facility, Dr R K Pachauri, Chairman of UN\'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General of TERI, said that world leaders must move \"rather quickly\" to avoid the worst effects of climate change, including deadly heat waves and flooding that are increasingly threatening people\'s lives. In an interview with the media channel, Dr Pachauri talked about the threat of climate change and the recent growth of sustainable
Read moreHuge cost of inaction on the environment
09 Jun 2014
| The Economic Times
As the government prepares new policies for a better, more prosperous India, it would do well to take a look at a report brought out by TERI on the costs of environmental inaction. It puts numbers to the cost that the nation bears on account of air pollution, unsafe drinking water and lack of sanitation, and to the scale of the problem of solid waste management as India urbanises. The cost of outdoor air pollution is estimated to be Rs 1,00,000 crore.
Read moreCity to crack whip on unapproved e-rickshaws
07 Jun 2014
| The Asian Age
A high-level committee of the Delhi government, which recently examined a report of TERI, said all the e-rickshaws having 30-minute power of the 250 MW motor were not eligible for exemption under the Central Motor Vehicles Act, 1989. As none of the manufacturers, suppliers, dealers or operators of e-rickshaws had obtained any type approval from the agencies mentioned under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, the committee concluded that their operation was totally illegal and dangerous to the
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