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EnvironmEntal managEmEnt, EnErgy ConsErvation and grEEn Building

Year 2017-18

HErMA - an Example of Sustainable Habitat

by nB institute for rural technology

ribal people of the North-East India live in harmony with nature. However, with the intervention of urban modern
Ttechnology, they experience inflict between their own culture and so called urban culture resulting in disturbance of
lifestyle. ‘Green Rural Habitation-practice and implementation’ is the main vision of NB Institute for Rural Technology
(NBIRT). The Institute had studied this particular problem of a tribal village of Tripura styled as Herma located at
Sepahiljala district. It has tried to understand the problems related to housing, sanitation, safe drinking water and rural
waste management. The unavailability of electricity and its impact on the real life was studied. Interventions were
made in numerous areas like 24 x 7 lighting & safe drinking water facilities with micro solar power, ferro cement based Micro Solar Pump and Intelligent Controller
community toilet construction, rainwater harvesting and rural waste processing through a low-tech landfill technology.
PunE StrEEt LigHting ProjEct under PPP Model by Pune Municipal

corporation

he project of Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) aimed at replacing 80000 existing conventional street lights with energy efficient LED street lighting systems integrated with a SCADA
Tsystem, which was estimated to save more than 61% energy and is controlled through a dedicated command and control centre. The project was implemented on public private
partnership basis, with no cost to the city. The previous light fixtures which included, T5, HPSV, metal halide, Induction Lamp were replaced with highly efficient dimmable/non dimmable
LED street lights along with approx. 1900 feeder based SCADA system. Operation & Maintenance of the light fitting & SCADA system have been considered for twelve years.

Cost module for energy efficient street lighting Energy efficient LED street lighting system
urBAn grEEning initiAtiVES by Andhra Pradesh urban greening and
Beautification corporation

ndhra Pradesh State Government has taken up a sensible yet bold initiative with a vision area of 5000 sq.mt. was planned in each Urban Local Body (ULB) area, protection of water
Ato enhance, sustain and monitor the green cover in the State by setting up a separate bodies and development / beautification of the same as tourist destination, duly improving
vertical of Andhra Pradesh Urban Greening and Beatification Corporation (APUG&BC). with landscape, children play area, etc., development of at least two colony parks in each
APUG&BC right from its inception has focused on improving the green cover across the 32 numbers of AMRUT urban local bodies, green strip (shrubs) on a vacant land and trees
State. The priorities were set for the next five years such as - one major park with a minimum along the roads within the right-of-way and on the central verge (median).
Year 2016-17

initiAtiVES of WorLD’S firSt AirPort fully Powered by Solar Energy by
cochin international Airport Limited

ochin International Airport is the first green field airport in the country built with public-private partnership. The airport has been acclaimed for setting a novel idea in infrastructure
Cdevelopment. The airport became power neutral in August 2015 and has been acclaimed as the world’s first airport fully powered by solar energy. This idea has fetched the airport the
sobriquet, ‘GREENPORT’.

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