In the realm of urban development, digital twins are emerging as a game-changing technology that promises to revolutionize how cities are designed, built, and managed. These sophisticated digital replicas of physical assets allow for real-time monitoring, analysis, and optimization, offering unprecedented opportunities to enhance urban infrastructure.
The progress of green building ratings in India has been significant, driven by growing awareness of sustainability and the need to reduce the environmental impact of buildings. Various rating systems, such as the Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment), EDGE and LEED India, have been instrumental in promoting eco-friendly practices.
Our cities, with their towering skyscrapers and sprawling infrastructure, stand as marvels of modern engineering and architecture. However, this urbanization comes at a significant cost: the urban heat island (UHI) effect. This phenomenon, where urban areas experience significantly higher temperatures than their rural counterparts, is a direct consequence of replacing natural landscapes with concrete and asphalt.
In recent years, Bangalore, like many cities worldwide, has been grappling with a water crisis worsened by rapid urbanization, population growth, and climate change. Amidst this challenge, recycling greywater has emerged as a favourable solution to alleviate the strain on freshwater resources and address water scarcity issues in the city.
Net energy metering (NEM), system is a metering and billing mechanism designed to monitor and record the flow of power between a solar energy system and the government grid. Solar meters are an important aspect in the design of privately-owned grid-tied solar energy systems.
The function of the earthing system in an electrical installation is to dissipate in the ground the current intensities of any nature that may originate, whether from fault currents, at an industrial frequency or due to atmospheric discharges.
Bangalore, often referred to as the Garden City of India, is renowned for its lush greenery and numerous trees lining its streets and parks. However, the city’s monsoon season brings with it heavy rains and occasional storms that can pose significant challenges to this green canopy. One of the most visible and concerning impacts of these weather events is the uprooting of trees.
Urban landscapes are known to be affected by the urban heat island effect (UHI), where cities experience higher temperatures than surrounding rural areas.
An isolation transformer is a transformer used to transfer electrical power from a source of
alternating current power to some equipment or device while isolating the powered device from
the power source, usually for safety reasons or to reduce transients and harmonics.
Mixed mode cooling refers to a cooling system that combines different methods to achieve optimal cooling efficiency. This can involve integrating traditional air conditioning systems with more sustainable or energy-efficient methods such as natural ventilation, evaporative cooling, or thermal mass cooling.