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TERI and Mahindra Lifespaces to establish Center of Excellence for Sustainable Habitats
20 May 2016
| The Financial Express
TERI and Mahindra Lifespaces have announced the creation of a Center of Excellence (CoE) focused on improving energy efficiency in India residential buildings sector. The Mahindra TERI CoE for Sustainable Habitats will evaluate both traditional and innovative technologies and alternative materials customised for the Indian buildings sector and climate zones. The Center will bring the much needed informed validated knowledge about better performing materials and ways to use the ample daylight
Read moreOff-grids can power South Asian electrification
11 May 2016
| Scidev.net
South Asian governments would do well to integrate off-grid with grid options in their quest to achieve universal electrification, says a new study. The governments prefer to extend the grid even to those regions in which renewable energy sources are available in plenty, says Mr Debajit Palit, Associate Director, Social Transformation division, TERI, and co-author of the study due to be published July in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. In the study, Mr Palit and Dr Kaushik Ranjan,
Read moreOdd-even 1 more effective than phase 2, says TERI analysis
11 May 2016
| The Hindustan Times
Odd-even phase one implemented in January was more effective than phase two in April in curbing the Capital\'s pollution, said an analysis by TERI. The think tank has released an impact assessment study on the two phases of the scheme that limited the number of private cars on the roads for a 15-day period. It observed that the scheme only led to \"marginal\" reductions (4-7%) of PM 2.5 pollutants during both phases as private cars make a limited contribution to the fine particles. TERI
Read moreTERI to host Green Olympiad for CBSE students
03 May 2016
| The Times of India
TERI is set to host Green Olympiad in all Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools, according to the circular issued by CBSE. The Olympiad will be open for students from Class IV to Class X and will judge them on environment. The Olympiad will be open for CBSE school students from classes IV to X. The classes will be divided into three levels wherein Class IV and V, Class VII and VIII, and Class IX and X will be treated as different levels. Questions woven around environmental
Read moreTERI, NHAI focus on developing policies for intense plantation on highways
28 Apr 2016
| Governance Now
Better policies are needed for India to create carbon sink of up to 3 billion tonne of CO2 by 2030. India's commitment to the UN for creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tonne of CO2 by 2030 through increased tree cover and forest growth is a tall goal, said Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI. Dr Mathur was addressing the workshop on 'Transplantations along national highways as a measure for Carbon Sequestration'. The workshop was organized by TERI along with the
Read moreAir pollutant levels above set standard: TERI
18 Apr 2016
| The Pioneer
According to TERI, air pollutant concentrations "violated standards" at most places in Delhi on the second day of the odd-even scheme whose second phase has been rolled out in the national Capital. PM 10 (particles with diameter less than 10 micrometer) and PM 2.5 (particles with diameter less than 2.5 micrometer) concentrations violated the standards at most places in Delhi. The 24-hourly pollutant concentrations in Delhi are 1-2.8 times above the standard of PM 2.5 and about 1-1.3 times
Read moreGovernment to tighten noose around import of poor solar products
11 Apr 2016
| Business Standard
Toughening its stand on dumping of poor quality solar equipment, the government has decided to regulate imports of such products under the Bureau of India Standards (BIS) Act. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is working on a legal framework to ensure good quality of imported clean energy products in the country, said Mr Tarun Kapoor, Joint Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, said at \'Lighting a Billion Lives (LaBL)\' Convention 2016 -- organised by TERI with DFID and
Read moreComposting Facility inaugurated at Vidya Vikas Acdemy, Margao as part of the Project STARS initiative
07 Apr 2016
| Goa Newswire
Project STARS, a TERI-Dempo partnership is working towards encouraging schools to practice the principles of sustainability by focusing on its environmental and socio-cultural performance. As part of this initiative, Vidya Vikas Academy, Margao was supported to build a composting facility. Project STARS, (Sustainability Tracking, Action and Reporting in Schools) consolidates the TERI-DEMPO partnership by carrying forward and building upon the work carried under the previous TERI-Dempo
Read moreNumber of women entrepreneurs in rural solar projects rising
03 Apr 2016
| Business Standard
More and more women are taking up an active entrepreneurial role in solar power projects at the grass roots in India, says Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI. As example, Dr Mathur cited the institute\'s \'Lighting a Billion Lives\' campaign where men initially took up entrepreneurship. Advocating introduction and promotion of new technologies to meet India\'s climate change mitigation goals, Dr Mathur highlighted the importance and challenges of other trends in alternative energy
Read moreNeed new technologies for climate change goals: TERI
01 Apr 2016
| Business Standard
India needs to ensure the introduction and promotion of new technologies at an affordable cost to keep its commitment to the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on climate change, TERI’s Director-General Dr Ajay Mathur said in his address on \'CoP 21: Impact on India\' organised by the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Listing the priorities, Dr Mathur stressed on the creation of markets for balancing electricity.
Read moreHaving no energy costlier than cost of any energy
18 Mar 2016
| Business Standard
As India builds its infrastructure to cater to increased energy demand, energy experts warn against excessive lock-ins that the country might regret later. According to Energizing India, a report brought out by Shell along with TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) and Council on Energy, Environment and Water, India is likely to rely on coal for 55 per cent or more of its primary energy needs through the next three decades.
Read moreCoal key in India now but could peak by 2040
18 Mar 2016
| World Coal
India's use of coal could peak by 2040 if cleaner alternatives progress as expected, a new book has claimed, but coal remain the most critical fuel in the short term to provide energy and power economic growth. The book "Energizing India: Towards a Resilient and Equitable Energy System" is authored by Suman Bery, Arunabha Ghosh, Ritu Mathur, Subrata Basu, Karthik Ganesan and Rhodri Owen-Jones and is the result of a three-year collaboration between the Council on Energy, Environment and Water
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