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Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Union Ministry of Power will be introducing an Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the eight Northeastern States to set minimum ene

Spent CFLs may be polluting the environment silently and causing a toxic hazard for kabadiwalas who handle such discarded bulbs.

Despite a huge spike in the demand (about 30% in the last five years) for these energy-saving lamps, a recent survey by NGO Toxics Link has found a number of ecological concerns with the management of these lamps. One of them is that they are not recycled safely; the mercury-laden glass invariably ends up in the municipal solid waste. Also, there is no set standard in India on the amount of mercury that should be used in a bulb.

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) will provide Rs 350-crore incentive to the manufactures of high energy efficient fans in the country.

The BEE was created under the Ministry of Power, Government of India, under the provisions of the Energy Conservation Act.
The nodal agency is encouraging the manufacturers of 35 watt fans against the makers of normal 70 watt products. "We are working on promoting energy efficient fans in the country and we have a budget of Rs 350 crore to promote it," BEE Director General Ajay Mathur told PTI here.

A World Bank-aided initiative of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency will soon be considered for approval by the Cabinet Committee for Economic Affairs, which will is expected to cause production and s

For the fourth year in a row, Racold Thermo, a leader in manufacturing and marketing of water heating products, has been awarded the first prize by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) for the storage water heater category. Racold was also awarded for the second year running by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), this time for its outstanding achievement in Solar Thermal installation and for Best Service and dealer network. Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) recognized Racold Thermo for its energy efficient electrical water heaters for the fourth consecutive year.

Says state transport undertakings may soon get subsidised diesel

Making a partial U-turn on the recently-introduced policy of a dual-pricing system for diesel, Petroleum Minister M Veerappa Moily on Tuesday said the government might soon supply subsidised diesel to state transport undertakings (STUs).

Facing inter-ministerial turf battles and pressure from the automobile industry, the government has yet again held back on imposing fuel efficiency standards for cars — which would help cut oil imp

The code was proposed to achieve energy savings in large buildings including shopping malls, multiplexes.

Lucknow: Famous Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib had once said, “A a m k h o o b h o a u r m e e t h e h o,” (mango must be in plenty and sweet) after having tasted Lucknow’s famous Dusseheri variety of mango. However, this time the king of fruit is likely to lose on both counts – volume and sweetness.

The blame for this goes to the increasingly unpredictable weather pattern and climate change that have taken a toll on the mango crop in the state this year. Adding to this are the brick kilns that have also played a wicked role as far as the mango crop is concerned. There is uncertainty over the yield and horticulture experts are predicting a sharp fall in production.

To invite private participation in the maintenance of streetlights; to install energy saving devices through private partner

In an ambitious initiative to improve energy efficiency and cut down on its power bill, Tiruchi Corporation has planned to replace all tube lights used for street lighting with light emitting diode (LED) lamps in the city. The corporation has also planned to invite private participation in the maintenance of the streetlights across the city.

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