Microsoft has set for itself an ambitious plan to be carbon negative by 2030 and remove all historical carbon produced by the company by 2050. The company has launched an…

The UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) predicts that the absolute growth in urban population will be highest in India until 2050…

Researchers from University of Exeter, England have developed a solar power device that fits into glass blocks. The product can broadly replace glass blocks used for a building’s façade, and transform…

Achieving energy self-sufficiency for a 35,000 square foot building in a highly dense urban fabric is a formidable task, for which incorporating net-zero strategies cannot be an afterthought but ingrained in…

Aiming to study the socio-economic impact of energy conservation and create awareness on sustainable and renewable energy, Irumbai – a village in Tamil Nadu would soon become the country’s first fully solar-powered…

How does a not-for-profit municipal utility that has committed to eliminate carbon from buildings ensure that its low and moderate income customers aren’t left behind during the transition? This was…

Insipred by the Baya weaverbird’s nest, researchers at De Montfort University, Leicester (DMU) have developed a 3D-printed brick made out of plastic waste! Thermal insulation tests showed that the brick has a…

Branded as one of the worst performers in the Renewable energy (RE) sector, Netherlands is soon turning the tide! Comprising of almost 15 floating islands, more than 70,000 sun tracking…

To propel the Net-Zero movement in India, the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) is conducting a feasibility analysis for 100 buildings across the country to achieve Net Zero Energy status.…

Developed by Founder Cody Friesen, a materials scientist and associate professor at Arizona State University, a solar panel system can generate drinking water sufficient for 2 to 3 people, even in arid…