Many of the new sustainable buildings popping up around Europe contain technology to make use of solar power and rainwater, and aim to transform surrounding neighborhoods.

But these state-of-the-art developments in cities like Madrid and Paris haven't resolved the debate over whether going green pays off for investors.

Kerala State Pollution Control Board (PCB) has recommended a

Mysore, Agitators warn of intensifying stir if civic body fails to act

Cutting across party lines, a group of leaders along with prominent residents staged a protest demanding the shifting of Excel Plant (waste treatment unit) at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram, in the city on Wednesday.

The protesters including women, led by former MLA?M?K?Somashekar under the banner of

Treatment plant proposal awaiting government nod

Kudumbasree units to revive, garbage collection, Ward-level awareness, meetings planned

KANNUR: The Kannur municipality has taken steps to resume garbage disposal, Municipal Chairperson M.C.

COIMBATORE: On a 450-acre campus where nearly 8,000 people live, at least one tonne of food getting wasted is not unusual. But what Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham does with that waste is certainly unusual.

Erik FyrwaldErik Fyrwald, chairman and chief executive officer of US-based NLC Nalco, is in India for two weeks to decide how India will play a major role in the fortunes of the $4.2-billion turnover company. NLC Nalco is the world

Hazard a guess when exactly the waste treatment plant at Sonsodo would finally become a reality.
Well, Fomento has initially planned to set up the plant and machinery at the dumping site by March 31, 2011.

Asks the three local bodies involved to file statements

Parties told to maintain status quo till new order

Technical unit to monitor plant operation

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ombudsman for Local Self-government Institutions M.R.