Peachtree Corners, Georgia USA is the country’s first real world smart city.

With the help of IOT management system & smart data acquisition the processing time of information reduces which helps to make quick decisions by the city-administration. Real time responsive strategies are designed which are being implemented in the city. Read more

E-commerce giant – “Amazon” is spear-heading transition towards sustainable future

The company has announced that 80% of its power requirements will be met by renewable energy in China, Australia and USA by 2024.

Amazon India is committed to include 1000 e-vehicles (3 wheelers and 4 wheelers combined) in its delivery fleet by 2025. Shipment zero is the company’s vision to make all shipments net zero by 2030. Read more

Vedanta Aluminium bags 5 awards at 21st National Award for Excellence in Energy Management

Vedanta Aluminium, India’s highest producer of aluminium was conferred with Excellent Energy Efficient Unit for deploying processes that significantly improved energy efficiency in alumina refinery, through sustained process improvements.

Vedanta is also in the process of deploying advanced data analytics technologies in its power plants by incorporating both predictive and prescriptive analytics to enhance energy efficiency and improve sustainability of operations and reduce wastage and safety risks with minimal or zero human touch. Read more

OPWP issues RfP for 1 GW of solar projects in Oman

Oman Power and Water Procurement (OPWP) Company issues tender for two solar Independent Power Projects (IPPs) in Oman, namely Manah Solar I and Manah Solar II with a minimum power generating capacity of 500 MW each. The projects are expected to be operational by 2023. Oman aims at generating 10% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2025. Read More

NTPC is developing a 500 MW solar plant in Mali

Project Management Consultancy contract has been awarded to India’s state-owned power utility by Government of Mali. NTPC is already engaged in a similar PMC contract to develop 285 MW solar project in Togo. Mali’s total installed capacity is 660 MW, with 69% of oil-fired capacity and 28% of hydropower capacity. Read More

Union Power Minister, Mr R.K. Singh launches RAISE

To address concerns about indoor air quality and energy efficiency, EESL, in partnership with U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID)

MAITREE program, has developed a program on Retrofit of Airconditioning to Improve Indoor Air Quality for Safety and Efficiency (RAISE) as a part of the Healthy and Energy Efficient Buildings initiative. This initiative is aimed at making workplaces healthier and greener. These retrofits will focus on enhanced indoor air quality (IAQ), thermal comfort, and energy efficiency (EE) in the air conditioning system. Read More

Slovenia drafts Energy Efficiency Act

Slovenia drafts Energy Efficiency Act   The key regulations of the draft Act are Building renovation strategy by 2050Separate meters for heating, cooling and hot waterChargers for electric vehicles in buildings with more than 10 car parking spaces.Buildings decarbonization. Read More

Case Study: How UMass Boston Combined Solar, Storage and EV Charging

University of Massachusetts Boston recently developed a 25-year sustainable plan, in that they added solar power plant, storage, and EV charging to their Boston campus which led to a Project of the Year award from Environment + Energy Leader. Read More

Next Generation Building Management system

Advancements in cloud computing, IoT, analytics and Artificial Intelligence are leading to new and broader capabilities.

Change is being driven by three fundamental factors:

– Increasing demand for efficiency and sustainability

– Changing tenant/occupant requirements and expectations – Emergence of newer IT, IoT and smart building technologies

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A model for reducing a building’s carbon footprint by retrofit

Entegrity’s purchased and retrofitted Little Rock’s historic Darragh Building, originally built in 1959. The company, which specializes in energy conservation and renewable energy projects, opted to renovate an existing building which helped them to earn LEED Zero certification, the second in the world.

LEED Zero Energy certification recognizes buildings or spaces that achieve a source energy use balance of zero over a period of 12 months.

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Solar Cells that you can print

Next-generation photovoltaics show great promise: their performance competes with current technology, but they have the advantages of being flexible, lightweight, cheap to produce, and they can be printed directly onto products during manufacture. With the achievement of this feat, the applications of photo voltaics will broaden into zero-carbon buildings and vehicles, Internet of Things, ultra-lightweight sources of power etc. Read More

Offshore Wind Power tech becoming affordable with worthy pay-back period

Offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply. Analysis of government auctions for offshore wind farms between February 2015 and September 2019 for five countries in Europe, including the UK made a new record with bids to build new offshore wind farms for around ÂŁ40 per megawatt hour (MWh) of power. Read More

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