Floating Tidal Power Farm to be set up in waters north of Scotland
A floating superstructure of 72 meter in length would support two 1 MW turbines which will be able to generate enough electricity to meet the annual needs of 1,700 U.K.…
26 GW dip in power demand during PM Modi’s call to switch off lights and light candles during locked down period
The national power grid was prepared to handle the dip as a result of which thermal power plants were gradually scaled down prior to the expected time of dip in…
IRENA:75% of new electricity capacity in 2019 came from renewables
IRENA data shows that solar, wind and renewables provided for more than one-third of the world’s power, with 55% of the new power coming from solar- most of which is…
BEE schemes reduced national electricity consumption by 7% till date
Energy-efficiency schemes led by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) led to significant electricity and cost savings, as reported by a Govt. of India parliamentary committee. Over the years since…
Guidelines for prevention of COVID-19 spread through building services
REHVA, a European HVAC association, has outlined recommendations for preventing indoor spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus through HVAC and plumbing systems. These include window-driven natural ventilation (except in toilets) and…
Coronavirus restrictions bring air pollution down globally
As the COVID pandemic forces more and more countries into quarantine, a conspicuous trend has been emerging with respect to the air pollution levels. Significant reductions in air pollutants like…
COVID-19 signaling a change in design practices?
With the threat of the pandemic, a lot of focus was placed on safe practices to curb the spread of the virus as much as possible. One of the causes…
Behavioral science can help achieve net zero goals
While there have been huge leaps of progress that has been made in terms of the technologies or practices that help us in achieving net zero goals whether at a…
March 2020
Monthly updates about our initiatives, global highlights and everything NZEB! March 2020 Bulletin The COVID-19 pandemic is having an unprecedented impact across the world. Governments, organizations, and businesses are being driven…
Poor quality data is the biggest roadblock to net zero transition
According to the latest report by Energy Data Taskforce, a group of UK government appointed experts, the biggest hindrance in transition to a net zero energy system is poor quality,…