Apurva Chaturvedi | Senior Clean Energy Specialist, USAID India | The concept for Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Knowledge Portal and Alliance has emerged from the regular interactions with building and policy experts, and also our own experiences over the last three years. Sustainable buildings experts from India and NZEB experts from countries with advanced NZEB policies such as Japan, the U.S. and Europe have shared their perspectives during workshops organized by the USAID-funded PACE-D TA Program.
Introducing NZEB Portal
Anamika Prasad | Director, Environmental Design Solutions | A Nearly Zero (also called Net-Zero) Energy Building (NZEB) can be succinctly described as a ‘highly energy efficient, grid-connected building that generates at least as much energy through on-site renewable sources as it uses, accounted for annually’.
Building Energy Efficiency in India
Mark Newton | Team Leader, Office of Clean Energy and Environment, USAID/India | There is a discernable shift towards high performance buildings in India. State and city municipalities are prescribing green buildings norms for buildings. This is an encouraging sign for the future trajectory of the building sector.
August 2020
Monthly updates about our initiatives, global highlights and everything NZEB! August 2020 The year 2020 continues to be extraordinary in more ways than one. Human life has been impacted globally…