For effective implementation of the revised Energy Conservation Building Code, the government needs to review municipalities and their capacities, and identify cities with growing construction activity
A new version of India’s building code for energy efficiency has been launched. Besides increasing the efficiency norms, the code has new features such as mandatory use of renewable energy…Read More
Using energy efficiently in residential and commercial buildings is crucial to India’s climate change mitigation strategy and global climate commitments
Buildings in India are silent power guzzlers. Residential and commercial buildings consumed 32% of the country’s total electricity in 2016, official data show. As our cities grow, demand for energy in buildings is sure to surge…Read More
Sharp, heavy cloudbursts that inundate cities across India are occurring with increasing frequency, testing the country’s urban resilience
Independence Day was unusually wet and waterlogged for residents of Bengaluru in Karnataka. Heavy rains started around midnight when they were asleep, and by the morning, it had poured as much as 128 mm…Read More
There will be significant impact on initiatives involving decentralised renewable energy access as the central government compensates states on Goods and Services Tax from the national clean energy fund
India’s new indirect tax regime is posing a threat for the country’s clean energy mission. In the latest move by the government, tax money generated through the coal cess is being used…Read More
A widely reported study that links Indian farmers’ suicides to climate change has come under criticism, with some academics accusing it of misunderstanding data, poor analysis and wrong conclusions
Some scholars have taken exception to a study by Tamma Carleton of the University of California, Berkeley, which links farmers’ suicides to rises in temperature due to climate change…Read More
