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Unable to cook their dal
04 Jun 2013
| The Hindu
Mamana, 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 to participate in a new bioenergy research programme in Finland and India
29 May 2013
| The Wall Street Journal
Fortum 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.
EU says it hasn't yet sent penalty notifications to Air India, Jet
29 May 2013
| Mint
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 moreTERI organises promotional program for energy efficiency
26 May 2013
| Times of India
The 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 moreTERI develops new cookstove to reduce carbon footprint
18 May 2013
| The Economic Times
Qualcomm 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 moreIndia, US experts talk energy security collaboration
15 May 2013
| Business Standard
Leading 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 moreIndia needs clean, affordable sources of energy: PM
14 May 2013
| Business Standard
Access 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 moreTetra Pak - Building towards a better tomorrow
14 May 2013
| Adgully
In 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 moreGreen training for OTDC engineers
08 May 2013
| The New Indian Express
A 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.
Read morePerfetti Van Melle India launches solar electrification project with TERI
08 May 2013
| MXM India
Perfetti Van Melle India (PVM India) has announced the launch of its Solar Electrification Project in Uttarakhand. Under this project PVM India has collaborated with TERI and effectively implemented one solar charging station at Dugari Khatta 1, which comes under Gram Panchayat of Biriya Block, Khatima District of Udham Singh Nagar. For these villages, Perfetti has supported the distribution of LED lanterns for 50 households. This project is expected to light up the lives of over 250 people
Read moreFirst part of TERI's survey of Indian cities released in Mumbai
07 May 2013
| The Hindu
An environmental survey of 1010 Mumbaiites by TERI has found among other things that 62% of total respondents feel that the environment and development were conflicting in nature. The survey that was carried out in six major cities, namely Mumbai, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Chennai aimed at gauging people's perception, behaviour, awareness and opinions pertaining to environmental issues.
Read moreEarth Day celebrated at Big Foot
27 Apr 2013
| Herald
Earth Day was observed on Ancestral Goa, a centre for preservation of art, culture and environment, at Big Foot, Loutolim on the theme 'How do I help save earth? - let's talk solutions'. It started with a panel discussion comprising of Shabana Kazi from TERI, Sujeet K Dongre from CEE and the moderator Sultanat Kazi.