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Cabinet clears Indian stand at coming Rio Earth SummitBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 8, 2012
India will pitch for the principle of common but differentiated responsibility at the negotiating table in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where global leaders will meet for the Earth Summit later this month. The Union cabinet today gave its "full mandate" to the negotiating... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Aaj Tak honours India Inc for its CSR initiativesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 7, 2012
The willingness of companies to look beyond their bottom lines and extend a helping hand to the needy earned the praise of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. Honouring the winners of the first annual Aaj Tak Care Awards, Pranab applauded the efforts of the... Read more.. |
India, China to account for 50% emissionsBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 7, 2012
Noting that little progress has been made in stemming climate change, a UN report has pointed out that India and China will account for more than half of transportrelated emissions in the world which are set to increase 57 per cent by 2030. The fifth edition of UN... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
Low-cost desalination solutions & other tech innovations can add a lot of sparkle to waterBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
"GE's ultra-low energy membranes help in reverse-osmosis technologies. Efforts are on to make these membranes more energy-efficient. A lot of research is going into the chemicals which are coated on the membranes," says Erik Hanson, global product management leaders (water... Read more.. |
A’bad civic body will buy your old PCs, cellphonesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
Wondering what to do with your old desktops, wires and dated mobile handsets? Soon, you can just hand them over for hard cash to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, which is starting a month-long drive for collection of e-waste through private agencies from June 5, the World... Read more.. |
Power Exchanges commence trading of Solar Renewable Energy CertificatesBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
The two power trading exchanges Indian Energy Exchange (IEX) and Power Exchange India Ltd. (PXIL) commenced trading of solar Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) on Monday amidst keen interest within the power sector. The trading of RECs makes it easy for several... Read more.. |
Acciona Bullish on Indian Wind Energy Sector, Commissions 56-MW ProjectBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
Spanish wind energy giant Acciona recently announced the commissioning of its largest project in India. The company inaugurated a 56-MW wind project in India’s southern state of Karnataka. With the commissioning of this project, Acconia’s total wind generation capacity in... Read more.. |
What to expect on this World Environment Day? By : Aparna Khandelwal, Jun 5, 2012
Its 5th of June and it’s the 40th anniversary of the World Environment Day (WED). This article provides an overview of what this year’s WED has in store for us. UN selects a theme and a host country every year for World Environment Day in order to increase awareness... Read more.. |
Algae, new-age biofuel for green tomorrowBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 5, 2012
Algae have emerged as a low cost tool to capture global warming causing carbon. Algae, a latin word for seaweed, are a very large and diverse group of simple, typically tropical organisms. They are like plants but grow on water. They produce more than 71% of the Earth’... Read more.. Subject Tags: Technology |
What is the Square Footage per Accredited Professional for your Green Building Rating System? By : Amresh Deshpande, Jun 4, 2012
In this three part series, the Energy Efficiency Influence Team at Schneider Electric India will discuss possible bottlenecks impacting the growth of the green building market in India. In the first part, we will introduce a new metric that we have developed– namely, square... Read more.. |