Projects

Completed Projects

Assessment of Potential Carbon Benefits by Shifting to Improved Cookstove in Rural Households of West Bengal

January 11, 2024 to
July 31, 2024
| Air

Comparative Emission Analysis

The deployment of Less-Smoke Chulhas demonstrates a significant reduction in the emissions of PM10, PM2.5, Black Carbon, CO, and CH4 compared to traditional cookstoves when burning equivalent types and volumes of biomass fuel. Interestingly, these improved stoves exhibit higher emissions of CO2, SO2, and NOX, a result likely driven by the higher combustion temperatures and increased oxygen availability inherent in their design.

Cultivation of Packing Leaves Plant for Livelihood Enhancement of ST Communities and Promotion of Packing Leaves as Substitute of Plastics in Meghalaya

January 11, 2019 to
July 30, 2024
| Resources & Sustainable Development

Sustainable Alternatives: Phrynium pubinerve as a Bio-Packaging Solution in Meghalaya

To address the escalating environmental concerns surrounding plastic waste, TERI-NERC has promoted Phrynium pubinerve (commonly known as the packing leaf plant) as a sustainable, biodegradable alternative to plastic packaging in Meghalaya.

Integrated Plantation & Biodiversity

Supported by the National Mission on H

imalayan Studies (MoEF&CC), the project focused on both ecological restoration and resource availability:

 

Regulation Resource Repository for Solar Energy

May 24, 2023 to
May 31, 2024
| TERI Knowledge Resource Centre
| Knowledge Repositories & Information Centre

The Regulation Resource Repository for Solar Energy serves as a comprehensive data repository for all regulations in ISA member countries relating to solar energy.

Co-Anaerobic Digestion of organic waste and STP sludge at Udaipur, Rajasthan

November 9, 2022 to
March 31, 2024
| Waste

Udaipur is amongst the Indian cities which are facing the challenge of proper disposal of organic fraction of municipal solid waste and sludge generated from its sewage treatment plants. Udaipur generates about 180 TPD of Municipal Solid Waste and, about 70-75 MLD of sewage. City is treating this sewage through four commissioned STPs of the capacities of 25 MLD, 20 MLD, 15 MLD and 10 MLD installed in different parts of city. These STPs generate substantial amount of sludge which is posing a big disposal challenge.

Documentation and preservation initiative of Traditional Knowledge in Meghalaya

April 19, 2022 to
March 31, 2024
| Resources & Sustainable Development

Documentation and preservation initiative of Traditional Knowledge in Meghalaya

Traditional knowledge (TK) represents the cumulative wisdom, skills, and practices developed by indigenous communities over generations. However, with rapid socio-economic changes and cultural transitions, much of this invaluable knowledge is at risk of decline and possible extinction. Therefore, it is essential to preserve and document TK in a modern, standardized, and accessible form for future generations.

Financing Decarbonization of the Secondary Steel Sector in India: Towards an Enabling Environment

February 1, 2023 to
December 18, 2023
| Energy Efficiency
| Climate Change

The study 'Financing Decarbonization of the Secondary Steel Sector India: Towards an Enabling Environment' was undertaken in association with DIW Berlin, as a part of multi-year SNAPFI project. The report elaborates on the challenges faced by the Indian secondary steel sector in accessing finance for decarbonization technologies and identifies ways in which an enabling environment can be developed to allow international finance to be channelled into facilitating technological upgradation for the sector.

South-South Cooperation in BIMSTEC, SAARC, and select African Countries

November 1, 2022 to
October 31, 2023
| Centre for Sustainable Development Research
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Climate change posed a serious challenge to the agriculture systems not only given its implications for food security and livelihoods but also given the current agrarian distress characterized by declining growth rates in yield, depleting soil fertility, and receding groundwater resources, rising cultivation costs, and inflation.

Stocktaking Study on Green Public Procurement in India

April 23, 2023 to
October 30, 2023
| Centre for Sustainable Development Research
| Resource Efficiency & Governance

Green public procurement (GPP) is a component of sustainable public procurement that uses public sector purchasing to achieve environmental policy objectives and for green growth. GPP is a process which involves consciously and systematically factoring environmental goals during the procurement of goods, services and works by public agencies. This conscious and systematic factoring involves the use of technical specifications, evaluation of bids and proposals, standards, certifications, and labelling.

Environmental Status Reports for the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)

August 3, 2023 to
September 30, 2023
| Resources & Sustainable Development
| Water
| Land
| Waste
| Air

TERI Mumbai is preparing an Environmental Status Report (ESR) for the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC).

The ESRs indicate the city’s growth factors, environmental concerns and impacts. As per the guidelines published in June 2009, by the Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra, the ESR has to be developed as per the D-P-S-I-R (Driving Force-Pressure- State -Impact- Response) framework.

Mission Efficiency

May 11, 2023 to
September 30, 2023
| Centre for Sustainable Development Research

Energy efficiency is said to be one of the easiest and most cost-effective climate change mitigation strategies and plays a vital role in reducing energy demand and energy wastage. With an aspiration to become a USD 5 trillion economy and with a revised NDC target, India has unique challenges in providing energy security to its vast population and ensuring energy transition. It becomes important to deliberate on the merits and methods of energy efficiency goals and targets in India.