Apurva Chaturvedi | Senior Clean Energy Specialist, USAID India | The concept for Net Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB) Knowledge Portal and Alliance has emerged from the regular interactions with building and policy experts, and also our own experiences over the last three years. Sustainable buildings experts from India and NZEB experts from countries with advanced NZEB policies such as Japan, the U.S. and Europe have shared their perspectives during workshops organized by the USAID-funded PACE-D TA Program.
Introducing NZEB Portal
Anamika Prasad | Director, Environmental Design Solutions | A Nearly Zero (also called Net-Zero) Energy Building (NZEB) can be succinctly described as a ‘highly energy efficient, grid-connected building that generates at least as much energy through on-site renewable sources as it uses, accounted for annually’.
Building Energy Efficiency in India
Mark Newton | Team Leader, Office of Clean Energy and Environment, USAID/India | There is a discernable shift towards high performance buildings in India. State and city municipalities are prescribing green buildings norms for buildings. This is an encouraging sign for the future trajectory of the building sector.
August 2020
Monthly updates about our initiatives, global highlights and everything NZEB! August 2020 The year 2020 continues to be extraordinary in more ways than one. Human life has been impacted globally…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…