Projects

Completed Projects

Modification of CPWD's PAR/Schedules/ Specifications for incorporating green features

April 15, 2011 to
June 15, 2012
Reduction in the energy consumption of the built environment in India in an easy and cost-efficient manner, by inclusion of ECBC and GRIHA compliant specifications in the CPWD schedule of rates. This could result in an estimated energy savings of 30-40% and even more besides enhanced thermal and visual comfort conditions of buildings.The project aims to influence the early adoption of the ECBC and GRIHA in the building industry in India.

Integration of green economy with energy security issues

May 15, 2011 to
June 15, 2012
The concept of 'green economy' has received significant international attention in the past few years due to the widespread dissatisfaction with the current economic paradigm where material wealth is increasing at the expense of growing environmental risks, wasteful use of resources and widening social disparities. An understanding of the scope and possible benefits of a 'green economy' approach is essential to examine it implications on developing countries like India.

The main objectives of this study are to:

Environmental building guidelines for Hyderabad metropolitan area

October 1, 2007 to
June 8, 2012
The consultancy project proposes to assess the present and future environmental issues in the building industry, specifically with respect to urban development in Greater Hyderabad and propose guidelines for environmental sustainable building design, construction and operation especially for Greater Hyderabad.

Indigenous ceramic membranes for degumming and solvent recovery

March 17, 2010 to
June 4, 2012
The objective of this study is to prepare, characterize and test low cost ceramic ultrafiltration (UF) and nanofiltration (NF) membranes for vegetable oil refining application. The ceramic membranes will be based on biomass fly ash macroporous supports (that have already been developed by TERI). Different separation layers will be prepared using methods like tapecasting, sol-gel coating of Al2O3 or SiO2 sols, to obtain UF/NF membranes of various pore sizes.

TERI @ WTO Public Forum 2011

August 30, 2011 to
May 31, 2012
TERI is organizing a panel discussion, titled "Africa, Emerging Economies and Trade in Natural Resources" on 21st September 2011, during the WTO public forum in Geneva. The session will critically assess the importance of trade in natural resources for sustained economic development of Africa and the emerging economies. In particular, the focus will be on how to create a win-win situation for both African and emerging economies in the context of trade in natural resources.

An agri-horti-medi-culture approach for sustainable development of women in adjoining Ramgarh and Dhari blocks of Nainital district, Uttaranchal

January 16, 2007 to
May 31, 2012
The overall aim of the proposed project is to enable the rural poor women community to improve the quality of their lives through the integration of biotechnological solutions that have potential for poverty reduction. Thus, the whole programme would lead to a very cost-effective rejuvenation of hill agriculture and is envisioned to bring about the over all rural development of the state.

Directions Innovation and Strategies for Sustainable Development in Goa

April 27, 2010 to
May 16, 2012
| Environment
| Land

The concept of the study derives from prior work at TERI at the national level (GREEN India - DISHA). This project will work out directions for sustainable development in Goa through the construction of baseline and alternative scenarios.

Major objectives of the study are:-
1) To assess the current state of environment and human development in Goa.

Field testing of WHO’s Generic Research Protocol for assessing potential association between Climatic Factors and Malarial incidence using a retrospective approach at selected site(s) in India

June 15, 2011 to
May 15, 2012
The primary objective of this retrospective study is to explore the potential relationship between climatic factors and malarial incidence through statistical analysis of meteorological and health data for selected site(s) in India by adopting and suitably customising the guidelines provided in the Generic Research Protocol developed by the WHO.

Exploitation of metagenomic approach for the production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) from hydrocarbon-contaminated sites

March 1, 2007 to
May 14, 2012
The commercial use of biodegradable polymers will reduce the dependence on synthetic polymers and its environmental impacts. Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers are widespread among microbes and are used for storage of carbon and reducing equivalents in intracellular granules. One of the major hindrances to a successful commercial strategy in production of biodegradative polymers is high production cost.

Post-TRIPS IPR Regime in India

October 1, 2011 to
May 12, 2012
Post-TRIPS, a thorough revision of the Indian IPR regime has taken place. However, despite many reforms contribution of Indian IPR holders, in total IPRs registered in the country are quite low. Moreover, even if IPRs are registered, drawing commercial benefits from such IPRs are also at a low level. Given the context, understanding the impacts of post-TRIPS changes will be worthwhile. However, there have been very little research to understand this, which has also been narrowly focussed on patents and pharmaceuticals industry.