Natural Disasters

Dharampur flash floods: No buildings along riverbeds in HP

SHIMLA: Learning lessons from the damage caused by the flash floods in Dharampur, Himachal Pradesh government has decided to not allow the construction of government buildings along riverbeds, and

Publication Date: 
18/08/2015
Times of India (Chandigarh)
Tags:
Himachal Pradesh, Floods, Disaster Management, Soil Erosion, Rivers, Buildings, Natural Disasters
Wildlife

Act against illegal commercial units around Gir: HC

Gujarat high court (HC) on Thursday directed the state authorities to initiate action against commercial establishments and under-construction buildings around Gir sanctuary that exist in violation

Publication Date: 
07/08/2015
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Gir NP, High Court, Ecotourism, Junagadh (D), Amreli (D), Buildings, Housing Construction, Wildlife
Habitat And Urbanisation

Need to build environmentally friendly houses

Why not build houses the environmentally friendly way?

Publication Date: 
05/08/2015
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Housing, Environmentalists, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Housing Construction, Habitat And Urbanisation
Habitat And Urbanisation

Energy consumption in buildings and female thermal demand

Energy consumption of residential buildings and offices adds up to about 30% of total carbon dioxide emissions; and occupant behaviour contributes to 80% of the variation in energy consumption. Indoor climate regulations are based on an empirical thermal comfort model that was developed in the 1960s. Standard values for one of its primary variables—metabolic rate—are based on an average male, and may overestimate female metabolic rate by up to 35%. This may cause buildings to be intrinsically non-energy-efficient in providing comfort to females.

Publication Date: 
03/08/2015
Boris Kingma, Wouter van Marken Lichtenbelt
Nature Climate Change
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Tags:
Energy, Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Women, Consumption Patterns, Climate Change
Water Resources

NGO shows the way to harvest rainwater in small buildings

Though it is mandatory to install a rainwater harvesting system in any construction over 3,171 sq ft, hardly 10% such buildings in the city have followed the rule.

Publication Date: 
31/07/2015
Times of India (Nagpur)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Water Harvesting, Buildings, NGO, Nagpur (D), Water Resources
Climate Change

Aran islands could be carbon neutral by 2022

Three offshore islands are outstripping the mainland in their drive to become carbon neutral by 2020.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Irish Times (Ireland)
Tags:
Climate Change, Carbon Dioxide, Fossil Fuels, Renewable Energy, Electric Vehicles, Buildings, Ireland
Habitat And Urbanisation

Court allows construction in mangrove-buffer zone

MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday in an important order paved the way for construction on vacant plots in five layouts under the three-decade-old Bombay Urban Development Project (BUDP) at

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Shibu Thomas
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Housing Construction, High Court, Coastal Regulations, Environment Clearance (EC), Buildings, Habitat And Urbanisation
Air Pollution

Steps need to be taken to control particulate matter in air: HC

Delhi High Court Wednesday expressed serious concern over high levels of particulate matters in the air affecting the health of the people in the national capital and directed the city government t

Publication Date: 
30/07/2015
Zee News
Tags:
Delhi, Air Pollution, High Court, Buildings, Public Interest Litigation (PIL), Health Effects, Vehicular Pollution
Climate Change

The impact of good practice policies on regional and global greenhouse gas emissions

The report "The impact of good practice policies on regional and global greenhouse gas emissions" by NewClimate Institute, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis looks at the impact of “good practice” emission reduction policies in nine different areas globally and across six

Publication Date: 
29/07/2015
Hanna Fekete, Mark Roelfsema, Niklas Höhne, Michel den Elzen, Nicklas Forsell, Sara Becerra
NewClimate Institute
Tags:
Green House Gases, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, India, China, Brazil, United States Of America (US), Russia, Japan, Electricity, Emission Targets, Fossil Fuels, Industry, Buildings, Transport, LULUCF
Environment

Green tribunal seeks Agra authorities’ reply on constructions on Yamuna flood plain Aditya Dev

AGRA: Hearing a plea against constructions on the Yamuna flood plain zone, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday directed the Agra Development Authority, the irrigation department and the Ja

Publication Date: 
29/07/2015
Times Of India (Agra)
Tags:
Uttar Pradesh, Agra (T), Yamuna, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Buildings, Environment Clearance (EC), Environment

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