Energy Efficiency through ICT Adoption for Sustainable Habitat
IR@CBRI: CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee
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Kush, Amit
Krishna, Amod Bhargava, P K |
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2012-12-28T05:51:47Z
2012-12-28T05:51:47Z 2012-12-28T05:51:47Z |
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http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1243
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National Conference Emerging trends of energy conservation in buildings Nov.01-03, 2012
CSIR-Central Building Research Institute Roorkee-247667, Uttrakhand, India.
India is the second most populated country in the world, accommodating over 120 crore people in diverse climatic zones. Owing to the rapid growth in infrastructure, especially in the commercial sector and the substantial rural to urban shift of the population, India’s building sector is expected to grow at a brisk pace. Commercial and residential sectors of buildings consume substantial quantum of energy throughout the lifecycle of buildings, contributing to around 6% of India’s total Green House Gases (GHG) emissions. Various initiatives have been introduced in the recent past, both at economy level and specifically for habitat sector that aim to increase energy efficiency and sustainability. The study focuses on exploring potential GHG reduction opportunities and energy efficiency opportunities enabled through Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solutions. On an average, it is estimated that the implementation of energy efficient options through ICT solutions would help in achieving around 30% electricity savings in new residential buildings and around 40% electricity savings in new commercial buildings. ICT based solutions for sustainable habitat in the areas of planning, energy efficiency, water and waste management, environmental pollution, building materials and technologies, roads and transportation, and impact of habitation on climate change can play a critical role in this transition towards higher energy efficiency, and low carbon emission habitats have been reported in this paper. |
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en
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GHG
ICT Environmental pollution Energy efficiency Carbon emission |
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Energy Efficiency through ICT Adoption for Sustainable Habitat
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Article
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