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Ideas Unlimited: Innovations that wait to be upscaled

Given the requisite push, Indian innovators can help mitigate climate change, says Preeti Mehra

In the last couple of years, a quiet revolution called ‘flexibilisation of coal’ has been gaining ground, whereby coal plants supply power only when required, to fill the gaps left by wind and solar, says M Ramesh

Taking corporates towards sustainability, with Industry 4.0

How Ingersoll Rand handholds companies through their energy efficiency journey

Taps that flow green solutions

Eco365 offers retrofit plumbing fixtures for 80 per cent water saving

More than a drop to drink

Getting pure drinking water to the consumer

Power losses: Plugging it right

With smart meters taking off, consumers will benefit from accurate readings and no longer face billing shocks, while revenues will go up, writes V Rishi Kumar

From drought-stricken to ‘water capital’: The Chennai transformation

With 140 cm of annual rainfall, Chennai has no business to ever get into a drought situation. But it did — for over 170 straight days without a drop ...

Turning construction green — how technology bridges gaps in execution

Technology can help projects save on cost, time, energy and resources

Solar sparks change in Varanasi

A TERI initiative helps Varanasi’s boatmen and weavers become eco-friendly

Why aren’t Indian companies warming to green bonds?

Besides lack of price advantage, there are other factors at play, says M Ramesh

Towards combating desertification

In September, New Delhi will host the 14th edition of the Conference of Parties (CoP-14) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. Here’s a curtain-raiser fromTV Jayan

One problem, many solutions

A look at the options to tackle Chennai’s — and the world’s — drinking water shortage

Revving up e-vehicle financing

Name of the company: RevFinSet up in: March 2018; started operations in October 2018Based in: New DelhiFounder: Sameer AggarwalFunding received: ₹5 ...

Clean fun - Some facts about: Water shortage

The charge of thee-brigade

Now that the government has its ‘foot on the pedal’ for electric vehicles, e-mobility could well follow the same trajectory as solar, says M Ramesh

Recipes for the roof

A solar app with a difference

Towards cheaper gasoline from methanol

High-performance synthetic fuels are a possibility, demonstrate US scientists

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Taking resource saving to the next level with ‘Net Zero’ buildings

They match the energy they consume by producing power from renewable sources

SWITCH ON Eliminating paper, saving trees

Name of the company: LittleMore Innovation LabsSet up in: 2014Based in: Singapore and India (Chennai, Tamil Nadu)Founder: Srikanth GanesanFunding ...

Follow the circle to sustainability

A linear resource model of ‘use and discard’ won’t work. It’s time to move towards a circular economy, says V Rishi Kumar

How about a ‘cool roof’ to keep the heat away?

Cool roofs are designed with a variety of materials to reflect light rather than absorb it

Sunny options for consumers

Solar-powered lamps, fans and televisions are gaining in market share

Picking up the threads

The renewables industry hopes that the new government at the Centre will make appropriate policy changes for the sector to grow, reports M Ramesh

The sustainability mantra of India Inc

On World Environment Day, corporates talk about their efforts at saving the environment. But more needs to be done, says V Rishi Kumar

The three-bin story that has come good

How a waste segregation programme, ‘Alag Karo’, has made all the difference in Gurugram

A ‘canful’ of possibilities

Cosmos Green details its plans for metal scrap recycling

Clean fun: Some facts about rainwater harvesting

SWITCH ON Lighting up your home, right from the roof

Name of the Company: ZunRoof Tech Set up in: 2016 Based in: Gurgaon, Haryana Founder: Pranesh Chaudhary, Founder & CEO; Sushant Sachan, Co-Founder ...