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Green buildings are the future
13 Dec 2013
| Deccan Herald
India, on the whole, has around 2000-odd green buildings. This number is expected to grow to a lakh by 2025, according to the Indian Green Building Council. Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (Griha) is a popular system for evaluating green buildings. Launched by TERI, Griha has over 300 projects registered in the country.
Read moreGroundwater dips by 3.2% in 4 years
13 Dec 2013
| The Times of India
Blame it on increase in population, urbanization, rapid industrialization and climate change, Karnataka's water resources are under severe threat and depleting fast. The overexploited groundwater resources are suffering, pushing the water table down. These facts came to light at a state-level consultative workshop on Implications of climate change on water and sanitation' in the city. Organized by TERI and UNICEF, the workshop looked at developing a state-level strategy to address issues
Read moreIdentifying green materials
13 Dec 2013
| The Hindu
Many institutions have strived towards defining the characteristics of materials, mainly Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), TERI, Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) to name a few. Considering that many experts have worked for years to arrive at the norms for assessing building materials, the standards stated by these have come to stay as yardsticks.
Read moreProfessor Inge Ropke and Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel chaired by Prof. Madhav Gadgil win TERI's Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Awards
12 Dec 2013
| India Education Diary
TERI has announced the winners of the Second Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen Awards. The Award comprises of two categories -'Unconventional Thinking' and 'Bioeconomic Practice' - Professor Inge Røpke has been named the winner of the Georgescu-Roegen Award for 'Unconventional Thinking', while Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel chaired by Prof. Madhav Gadgil has been named for 'Bioeconomic Practice'. Instituted on the occasion of Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's 106th birth anniversary during the Delhi
1000 more drinking water units planned
11 Dec 2013
| Deccan Herald
Speaking at a State-level consultative workshop in Karnataka on implications of climate change on water and sanitation organised jointly by the United Nations Children's Fund and TERI, Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Mr Raj HK Patil said that the present scheme of 1000 pure drinking water units may not suffice for the people in Karnataka. Hence, the government was proposing to increase the number and ensure that there is at least one pure drinking water unit in the jurisdiction
Government implementing a programme on Energy Efficient Solar/Green Buildings
11 Dec 2013
| India Education Dairy
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is implementing a programme on 'Energy Efficient Solar/Green Buildings' which promotes the energy efficient solar/ green building designs with renewable energy applications including Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment(GRIHA) system.
Lighting up Futures
01 Dec 2013
| ECO (Earth Care Optimised)
In an interview with ECO, Mr Ashish Jindal, TERI, shares his thoughts on the need for and implementation of energy efficiency, which, he believes, has the potential to protect the environment and create a healthy, green predicament for present and future generations.
Read moreVice President of India to inaugurate International Conference on Digital Libraries (ICDL) 2013
19 Nov 2013
| India Education Diary
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) will be organizing the International Conference on Digital Libraries from 27th-29th November 2013 at the India Habitat Centre. The ICDL 2013 is entitled 'Vision 2020: Looking back 10 years and Forging New Frontiers'.
Invest little to ward off cold, save energy
18 Nov 2013
| The Times of India
Ms Mili Majumdar, Director, Sustainable Habitat, TERI, has monitored some houses in Dehradun which have a sustainable design. They found a difference of four degrees in these houses - which is quite a lot.
Read moreEfficient buildings can help cut emissions
16 Nov 2013
| The Hindu (Bangalore edition)
Bangalore has witnessed a 37 per cent decadal population growth spurring an 'exponential' construction rate, Dr R K Pachauri, Director-General, TERI, has said. Urban growth in Bangalore, the country's third most populous city, has been 'haphazard' and put pressure on both energy and water resources, said Dr Pachauri, in his inaugural address through video conference at the GRIHA Regional Conference, 'Innovations in sustainable buildings'. GRIHA is a national rating system that evaluates
Read moreSeminar at Gitam on Nanobiotech
15 Nov 2013
| The New Indian Express (Hyd),
To apprise students about the upcoming trends in nanobiotechnology, GITAM University is organising a two-day national seminar on 17-18 December 2013. Experts in the field like Dr Alok Adholeya from TERI, New Delhi, Dr Madhusudhan Rao from the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad, Prof. D N Rao from the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences were among those who will participate in the seminar.
Read moreConference on innovations in buildings
13 Nov 2013
| The Hindu
'Innovations in buildings', the 4th GRIHA regional conference on sustainable habitats will be held in Bangalore from 15 November. The two-day conference has been organised by Association for Development and Research on Sustainable Habitats (ADaRSH) and TERI. This conference will deliberate on green cities and sustainable tourism among other issues.
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