COURTESY : www.nature.com Eradicating poverty “End poverty in all its forms everywhere” is the first of the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted last September; setting targets of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030 for all people everywhere. In …
COURTESY : www.alabamapower.com Energy star products ENERGY STAR® is an energy efficiency program launched in 1992 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. It is now jointly sponsored by the EPA and the U.S. Department of Energy. A product bearing …
COURTESY : www.unido.org Energy management An energy management system (EnMS) is a framework for energy consumers, including industrial, commercial and public sector organizations, to manage their energy use. It helps companies identify opportunities to adopt and improve energy-saving technologies, including …
What Is Energy Efficiency? COURTESY : www.nrdc.org Energy efficiency Energy efficiency and energy conservation aren’t the same thing, but they have a similar goal: to reduce energy use. Here’s the difference. Energy conservation relies on people cutting back on activities that consume …
COURTESY : www.prb.org Eco-tourism Eco-tourism has emerged as one of the most important sectors of the international tourism industry. The United Nations, recognizing eco-tourism’s potential role in sustainable development, has declared 2002 the “International Year of Eco-tourism.” At its …
COURTESY : brandingforthepeople.com Design and branding But are branding and design the same things? Not necessarily. The ideas can mend together, but they are still very much their own separate concepts. A branding and design agency can exist, so long …
COURTESY : agrilifeextension.tamu.edu composting If we composted many of the things we throw away, such as kitchen scraps, grass clippings, leaves, and other landscape debris, we could divert 20 to 30 percent of the trash currently going into …
COURTESY : www.noaa.gov Climate change Global temperatures rose about 1.98°Foffsite link (1.1°C) from 1901 to 2020, but climate change refers to more than an increase in temperature. It also includes sea level rise, changes in weather patterns like drought and flooding, …
Courtesy : www.nsenergybusiness.com Coal emission India is a vast country of 1.37 billion people that has undergone rapid economic growth over the last 20 years to become the world’s fifth-largest economy. Total power generation has increased by 40% over the last …
COURTESY : www.energystar.gov Energy efficiency Simply put, energy efficiency means using less energy to get the same job done – and in the process, cutting energy bills and reducing pollution. Many products, homes, and buildings use more energy than they …
