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Newsletter | October 2016 |
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| HPCL Control Room Building, Rewari-Kanpur pipe line project, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh awarded 3 star SVAGRIHA rating |
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| It’s a SVAGRIHA 3 star rated project in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh . The project has demonstrated a reduction of water consumption by 53.65% compared to base case scenario by installing low flow fixtures and 41.58% reduction in the embodied energy from the GRIHA base case. Over 67% of total living area is day-lit and meets daylight factor as prescribed by National Building Code. The LPD of the project is 6.96 W/sqm., which is lower than the ECBC specified LPD limit of 10.80 W/Sqm. |
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| How People across India Are Using the Internet to Plant Trees and Reduce Their Carbon Footprint |
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| “I was born and brought up in a hilly region in Uttarakhand. On moving to the city I noticed a stark difference with respect to the environment. There were concrete jungles coming up around us and people didn’t know what to do about the receding green cover. But there were also people who wanted to contribute towards the cause of Mother Nature by planting trees – they just didn’t have a convenient medium to do so. Someone says there is no space to plant trees and someone else complains that there is no time. This was the initial trigger that motivated me to start this platform,” says 37-year-old Apurva Bhandari, the co-founder of Sankalp Taru, a technology-enabled NGO that works on reforestation and environment conservation projects across India. |
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| Woman transforming plastic waste into bricks for building 'silver houses' in Pakistan |
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| It's painfully clear that our culture is unfortunately designed around consumption of disposable things, whether it's fashion or throw-away cutlery. And if there's one thing this culture has in abundance, it's waste. But, if one can shift one's perspective, that so-called "waste" can be transformed into something completely new, different and surprisingly useful. |
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| This ward in India's cleanest city sells 95% of its garbage (and just 5% goes into landfills) |
| By 2025, according to a World Bank report, 1.4 billion people will be living in cities. And each inhabitant of every city will generate around 1.42 kg of trash a day. Annual urban waste generation will also triple.In the densely populated cities of India, too, waste is increasingly becoming a vital issue. Mumbai alone generates 9,000 tonnes of trash daily. One suggestion for better management that is that garbage must be segregated at the local and household level. |
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| Here’s How One Enterprise Is Recovering Drinking Water from Sewage Using Eco-Friendly Methods |
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| India’s rapidly increasing population has made it tougher for the country to manage precious resources like water. New Delhi, the capital, is one of the worst affected cities. Absolute Water, a water recovery management firm in New Delhi, is helping recycle sewage water and make it available and affordable for citizens. The company’s “TOILET to TAP” project is a first step towards achieving this goal. This one of a kind project utilises the process of vermi-filtration to convert sewage water into water suitable for potable and non-potable applications. |
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| HPCL, Bharatpur, Rajasthan awarded 3 star SVAGRIHA rating |
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| It’s a SVAGRIHA 3 star rated project in Bharatpur, Rajasthan. The project has demonstrated a reduction of water consumption by 53.65% compared to base case scenario by installing low flow fixtures and 42.58% reduction in the embodied energy from the SVAGRIHA base case. Over 70% of total living area is day-lit and meets daylight factor as prescribed by National Building Code. The LPD of the project is 7.35 W/sqm., which is lower than the ECBC specified LPD limit of 10.80 W/Sqm. |
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| The forgotten water bearers of Guwahati |
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| Guwahati, one of the fastest growing cities in India, is thousands of years old. Once known as Pragjyotishpura or the city of eastern light, Guwahati has many ancient stories attached to it. This beautiful city finds mention in epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas. Guwahati served as the capital of the Kamrupa kingdom and continued as the capital city of Assam till the 10-11th century AD under the Pala dynasty. In the mediaeval times (12-15th century), however, the city functioned as a strategic outpost of the Koch Hajo and Ahom kingdoms of western and eastern Assam. |
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| Kerala Govt. Will Now Pay Residents for Plastic Waste and Recycle It to Make Roads. Brilliant! |
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| In order to curb the increasing amount of plastic bags and other products disposed of in civic spaces across Kerala, the Clean Kerala Company will now collect shredded plastic from residents and municipality authorities for road construction. The Clean Kerala Company is an organisation formed under the State Local Self-Help Government and it has been involved in statewide waste management initiatives like converting solid waste to CNG, collecting and recycling e-waste, organising plastic collection drives, etc. |
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