Environment

Green Tribunal puts brakes on construction in Munnar, orders not to issue fresh licenses

THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal has put the brakes on mushrooming growth of alleged illegal buildings in ecologically sensitive Munnar.

Publication Date: 
30/05/2017
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Tags:
Tamil Nadu, Eco-Sensitive Zone, Buildings, National Green Trbunal (NGT), State Electricity Board (SEB), Environmental Security, Environment
Environment

Govt. of India launches Energy Efficient Buildings Programme EESL to invest Rs 1,000 crore by 2020 under buildings programme

Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (I/C) for Power, New & Renewable Energy, Coal and Mines, Govt.

Publication Date: 
24/05/2017
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Green Buildings, Energy Efficiency, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), LEDs, Buildings, Environment
Energy

Green technology choices: the environmental and resource implications of low-carbon technologies

This report, the first international assessment of this type, investigates the life-cycle environmental and natural resource implications of large-scale deployment of energy efficiency technologies.

Publication Date: 
16/05/2017
UNEP
Tags:
Energy Efficiency, Energy Technology, Green House Gases, Environment, Buildings, Industry, Transport, India, Global
Forests

HC restores mangroves destroyed by illegal buildings

Mumbai: Judicial activism shown by the Bombay high court has come to the rescue of mangroves on a three-acre plot in Thane district.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2017
Times Of India (Mumbai)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Mumbai, Mangroves, Buildings, High Court, Deforestation, Forests
Environment

MC to work on green building concept

The Local Bodies Department has come up with a green building concept and the Municipal Corporation Bathinda (MCB) is planning to start work on it.

Publication Date: 
08/05/2017
Sukhmeet Bhasin
Tribune (New Delhi)
Tags:
Punjab, Green Buildings, Municipal Corporation, Energy Efficiency, Buildings, Environment
Environment

Industry bodies pitch for green building movement

AHMEDABAD: The Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), a body functioning under the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), on Tuesday organized a discussion on 'Green Healthcare Facilities', to pr

Publication Date: 
03/05/2017
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
Tags:
Gujarat, Green Buildings, Environmental Health, Buildings, Environment
Environment

Telangana real estate developers give Green Building rating a miss

Certified green buildings, especially in residential sectors, are a rarity in Hyderabad.

Publication Date: 
28/04/2017
V NILESH
New Indian Express (Hyderabad)
Tags:
Telangana, Green Buildings, State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), Environment Clearance (EC), Buildings, Environment
Energy

SI on compulsory solar systems installation coming

GOVERNMENT is expected to sign a statutory instrument (SI) to compel shopping malls and housing units being constructed to install solar systems to cushion the power deficit.

Publication Date: 
20/04/2017
Daily Mail (Zambia)
Tags:
Energy, Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Zambia, Buildings, Africa
Air Pollution

Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Ban on use of diesel generator sets in residential buildings,10/04/2017

The Government has notified a Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) for addressing issues related to pollution in National Capital Region which consists of measures to be taken for different levels of pollution.

Publication Date: 
10/04/2017
Rajya Sabha
Tags:
Diesel, Buildings, India, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Parliament, Air Pollution, Solar Energy, Health Effects
Water Resources

MUDA to make rainwater harvesting must for new buildings

Realising the gravity of water crisis in Madikeri, the Madikeri Urban Development Authority (MUDA) has decided to make rainwater harvesting mandatory for newly-built commercial complexes and houses

Publication Date: 
20/03/2017
Deccan Herald (Bangalore)
Tags:
Karnataka, Bangalore (D), Water Harvesting, Buildings, Water Resources

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