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Bangalore needs smart waste management systems
17 Sep 2014
| Deccan Herald
In the run-up to the 15th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit scheduled for February, experts from diverse backgrounds deliberated on smart and sustainable solutions for Bangalore to make it a 'smart city'. As a prelude to the global event, a series of regional dialogues are being organised, first of which was held on 16 September 2014. The regional dialogue focused on themes like Smart Solutions for Sustainable Cities: Planning, Implementing and Building Capacity, and Clean and Smart
Read moreClimate change cause of floods? Not quite
15 Sep 2014
| The Telegraph
Neither the prolonged floods in Kashmir this year nor the flashfloods that ravaged Uttarakhand last year can be directly attributed to climate change, Dr R K Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Director-General of TERI, said. Dr Pachauri said climate change research seeks to capture long-term trends and available observations suggest that extreme events will rise in numbers in the coming years. India will need to accelerate efforts to adapt to such events
Read moreA connect with local rating systems
13 Sep 2014
| The Hindu
According to architect Sathya Prakash Varanashi, TERI\'s GRIHA rating considers many local issues, besides critical ideas like embodied energy, minimal ozone depleting materials, adapting efficient construction technology and accepting non-air conditioned buildings. GRIHA has 34 criteria listed under varied sub-headings such as site selection and planning, building envelope design, building system design, selection of ecologically sustainable materials, integration of renewable energy,
Read moreBan to stay on 'prohibited' e-ricks
10 Sep 2014
| The Times of India
Dashing the Centre's hope to legalize e-rickshaws in Delhi, the high court ruled that the ban on these vehicles would continue. Citing a report by TERI, which had been roped in by the Delhi government to conduct a study of e-rickshaws, the high court noted how "the e-rickshaws tested did not meet criteria for exemption under the CMV Rules" and "the components and processes used in the manufacturing of e-rickshaws are not standardized". Observing the TERI report, the bench added, "Unregulated
Read moreDocumentation of community conservation areas
08 Sep 2014
| Eastern Mirror
Taking serious note of the absence of documentation of community conserved areas in the biodiversity-rich state of Nagaland, the state forest department has stepped up its efforts to address the matter and has recently assigned the responsibility to TERI. The TERI expert team will be assisting the department in preparing inventory and documentation of Community Conserved Areas in the state and set up a baseline data for about 1300 villages who are conserving their forest resources using
Read moreWaive taxes to promote cycle ownership: TERI
27 Aug 2014
| Business Standard
The government should waive taxes on cycles that cost less than Rs 5000 to promote cycle-ownership in the country, a new study by TERI in association with the All India Cycle Manufacturers Association said. Stressing on the importance of cycling as a mode of transport, the report, titled \"Pedalling towards a greener India: A report on promoting cycling in the country\", said the government must come up with a policy mechanism for the cycling industry to make it globally competitive. The
Read moreIndia: Supreme Court rules coal mining licences since 1993 illegal
26 Aug 2014
| International Business Times
The Supreme Court has held as illegal coal mining licences awarded to various firms between 1993 and 2009 and will now examine whether some or all 218 licences should be cancelled. Firms that bagged licences after 2004 but failed to develop mines could be fined heavily and could lose their licences, Mr Nitya Nanda, Fellow, TERI, said. The uncertainty that surrounded coal block allocation will end. The government could come up with comprehensive guidelines governing allocation, or could
Read moreBeware Go Green
23 Aug 2014
| The Times of India
Homebuyers interested in eco-friendly housing must ensure that competent authorities - like GRIHA - have certified the project they are buying into as 'green building', as there are any number of projects flaunting green credentials without following 'green norms'. To ensure that a genuinely 'green' residential project is not mistaken for one of the many wannabes, it is important for their developer to obtain accreditation from the green rating systems followed in India. GRIHA (Green Rating
Read moreFoundation Day Lecture reveals more evidence of climate change with Sun's atmospherics
21 Aug 2014
| India Education Diary
In about three billion years, the outer atmosphere of the Sun will begin to swell so much that our own atmosphere will heat up. Eventually the Sun's outer layers will envelop Mercury, Venus and probably our planet as well, said Dr Siraj Hasan, Distinguished Professor and Former Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. He was delivering the Thirteenth Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture, organized by TERI. Delivering the presidential address, Dr Najma Heptulla, Hon'ble Minister of Minority
Read moreGovernment forms panel for framing rules for e-rickshaws
13 Aug 2014
| Mint
Government has set up a panel to recommend rules of construction and maintenance of the controversial e-rickshaws so that the battery-operated three-wheelers can resume plying in the national capital. The panel has representatives from the Department Of Heavy Industries, ministries of environment and forest and power, Automotive Research Association of India, transport department of Delhi, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, TERI and Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers. The
Read moreTERI team to review collectorate for second time
12 Aug 2014
| The Times of India
Around 50% of the work of the new collectorate building in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, is complete and the team for Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment (GRIHA) will be visiting the site to review the status of green initiatives. This will be the second visit of the team, comprising of architects and engineers of TERI, an organization which had developed GRIHA, India's national rating system for green buildings. According to GRIHA norms, its team of experts visits a construction site
Read moreUS-India ties set for new heights at TERI-Yale Summit; new energy partnerships on the anvil
11 Aug 2014
| Thomson Reuters
The recent visit of US Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker to India could not have come at a more crucial juncture. Their meetings with various dignitaries, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, reinforced the need to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, in the wake of India walking out of the WTO. In this context, the Fifth US-India Energy Partnership Summit, scheduled to take place from September 30 to October 1 in Washington DC
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