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Published in Rohini Prasad, Manoj Kumar Jhariya, Arnab Banerjee, Advances in Sustainable Development and Management of Environmental and Natural Resources, 2021
The UNFCCC is not binding on India; nevertheless, India has respected this convention and has been recognized in its Emission Gap Report 2014 as one of the nations to achieve its voluntary goals of INDCs. Corresponding to the Warsaw COP 19 and Lima COP 20 of UNFCCC, the Government of India has manifested a voluntary goal of minimizing the emissions intensity of its GDP by 20–25%, over 2005 levels by 2020 as an intense action to detach the Indian energy mode from the carbon in the long run (MoEF, 2015). The Ministry of Environment and Forest of the Government of India enlists post-Copenhagen domestic actions taken by it, which includes: setting up of an Expert Group on low carbon strategy for inclusive growth in 12th five-year plan; imposition of clean energy cess on domestically produced and imported coal to be deposited in the National Clean Energy Fund for funding research-innovative projects in clean energy technologies as well as environmental remedial programs; introduction of the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (NMSH) to promote energy efficiency in residential and commercial sectors, to manage water-solid waste and wastewater; launching of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to generate 20 million MW of solar power by 2022, etc., (MoEF, 2010).
Decentralised solid waste management plan for Thrissur Municipal Corporation
Published in Sheela Evangeline, M.R. Rajkumar, Saritha G. Parambath, Recent Advances in Materials, Mechanics and Management, 2019
Solid waste means any garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility and other discarded or salvageable materials, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining and agricultural operations, and from community activities. Solid-waste management is the collecting, treating, and disposing of solid material that is discarded because it has served its purpose or is no longer useful. Improper disposal of municipal solid waste can create unsanitary conditions, and these conditions in turn can lead to pollution of the environment and to outbreaks of vector-borne disease. The Solid Waste Management sector has seen positive changes in the past decade. The Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) by the Government of India (GoI) funded 49 Solid Waste Management projects in various cities between 2006 and 2009 (MoUD, 2014). Solid Waste Management is also one of the key areas under the National Mission on Sustainable Habitat (2010) announced by the Central Government in 2010. The Mission is one of the eight missions under the National Action Plan for Climate Change and addresses sustainability concerns related to habitats, primarily urban areas. Similarly State Governments also provide financial support to Urban Local Bodies to improve their waste management systems under various schemes and programs. India produces approximately 0.11 million tonnes of solid waste every day. Waste generation is less compared to the developed countries in the world but the problem lies in the fact that there is no adequate solid waste management techniques involved in our country unlike the developed countries. The major causes of increase in solid waste are population growth and increase in industrial manufacturing. The per capita waste generation can be 0.2 kg to 0.6 kg depending on the extent of urbanisation and modernisation in the respective area. Lack of proper enforcement and negligence of the masses adds to the worry.
Customized performance evaluation approach for Indian green buildings
Published in Building Research & Information, 2019
Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg, Sanyogita Manu, Prasad Vaidya, Maaz Dixit
Likewise, the drive for studying real building performance in India may come from current policy initiatives such as the ECBC; the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy’s (MNRE) programmes focusing on the use of renewable energy sources in buildings; and the Sustainable Habitat Mission under the National Action Plan on Climate Change (UNEP SBCI, n.d.), as well as green building rating systems which are considered to be the most successful market transformation mode for high performance buildings in India (Rawal, Vaidya, Ghatti, Manu, & Chandiwala, 2013). The I-BPE framework can support these policy and market-based initiatives by assessing and improving the performance of HVAC and renewable energy systems (such as rooftop solar) and their influence on occupant experience and comfort.