HOSUR: As many as 2,104 houses are being constructed under the Chief Minister’s Solar-powered Green House Scheme in Krishnagiri district, said Municipal Administration Minister K P Munusamy.

Reviewing the developmental work in Krishnagiri in the presence of Collector C N Maheswaran, the minister said that officials should complete the construction work and have the houses ready by July 30.

AHMEDABAD: For the first time a new standard for operations for BRTS has been introduced by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP). From the next year onwards, the city's BRTS will be rated against 70 other similar mass transit networks across the globe, said ITDP officials.

The ITDP has released the BRT Standard, Version 1.0 - a new scoring system based on internationally recognized best practice in bus rapid transit (BRT) system design.

Energy security, power markets and sustainable urban development top the agenda at talks on Thursday between European Commission bosses and visiting Chinese officials, led by Vice Premier Li Keqiang, as both sides scramble for supplies and market share.

Beijing and the European Union, China's leading trade partner, launched regular dialogue on energy in 2005 on the margins of one of a series of EU-China summits.

"It is important to position the EU from the very start as a 'must-go' partner for all energy security-related issues," a Commission note said.

New York City is about to update its zoning regulations to catch up with the Bloomberg administration’s environmental image and to make it easier for buildings to insulate exterior walls, install solar panels and put gardens on rooftops.

With buildings accounting for 75 percent of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions, city planners say, the hope is that owners will take steps to increase their structures’ energy efficiency, produce their own renewable energy, put storm water to good use and, in some cases, even grow food.

MUMBAI: The civic body has proposed an environment protection agency, in a move that could change the way environment in the city is protected. The proposal, prepared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's ( BMC) environment department, will be sent to the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, under whose aegis it functions.

India now has the largest number of green buildings after the US, with one billion sq. ft. The US is ahead with over three billion sq. ft under green building cover.

“This is a major milestone for a country which has had its first registered green building only in 2003. The momentum has gained over the years as the cost of constructing a green building has come down and developers take pride in declaring their buildings green,” Mr S. Raghupathy, Executive Director of CII-Godrej Green Business Centre, said.

All government offices in Karnataka will soon turn green. As part of the process of implementation of the Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), all government buildings will be modified to be energy efficient, a government official said.

Rs. 3.25 crores allotted for installing solar panels to ensure uninterrupted supply of power to inmates

The beneficiaries of ‘green house' scheme, who are supposed to occupy their houses at the earliest, need not worry about the prevailing load shedding in the district. The conventional energy has come as a boon to them following the district administration's decision to install solar panels on top of the green houses.