TERI SIGNS MoU WITH GLAZING SOCIETY OF INDIA (GSI) The MoU envisions promoting applied research around glazing systems and their implementation in building envelopes. The MoU was signed on 23rd February 2021 between Mr. A. R. Unnikrishnan, Chairman, GSI and Mr. Sanjay Seth, Senior Director – Sustainable Habitat Programme, TERI in the presence of Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General, TERI; Dr. Vibha Dhawan, Designate Interim Director General, TERI; Ms. Shabnam Bassi, Associate Director – Sustainable Buildings Division, TERI; Mr Gopal Ganatra, Treasurer, GSI and Mr G N Gohul Deepak, Executive Director, GSI.     NEWS AT A GLANCE   Signing of MoU between TERI and GSI Inauguration of a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) integrated with Solar PV System in Kimin, Arunachal Pradesh Launch of OTCB Certificate Programme: Developing Treated Wastewater Reuse Facilities 106 building material tested at Mahindra- TERI Centre of Excellence lab   POSSIBLE ENERGY FUTURES OF INDIA IN 2040, INDIA ENERGY OUTLOOK 2021 INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY’S WORLD ENERGY OUTLOOK SERIES   Increase in residential floor space almost three times (from less than 20 billion sqm. in 2019 to more than 50 billion sqm.) 30% rise in energy demand from   Increase in demand for energy intensive building materials with demand for cement getting doubled, and demand for steel getting tripled.   Rise in the share of energy demand taken by electricity in India’s buildings sector from a quarter today to around half.   7% rise in the share of buildings in total electricity consumption due to widespread uptake of cooling systems and appliances (from 41% in 2019 to 48%).   Growth in the electricity consumption for cooling by six times   Air conditioner stock to reach 670 million, up from 30 million today.   Two-thirds of India’s total emissions will come from power plants, factories, vehicles and buildings that exist today.   Renewables to provide 80% of electricity generation.   Total installed capacity of solar PV in buildings to reach 150 GW.   Increase in electricity generation from solar PV by more than 60 TWh every year on average to 2040, while wind generation to grow by more than 35 TWh each year.   90% fall in the emissions from coal fired power     INAUGURATION OF GROUND SOURCE HEAT PUMP (GSHP) INTEGRATED WITH SOLAR PV SYSTEM IN KIMIN, ARUNACHAL PRADESH TERI successfully implemented a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) integrated with Solar PV system in Kimin, Arunachal Pradesh at Community Health Centre under the aegis of Arunachal Pradesh State Council of Science and Technology (APSC&T) funded by Department of Science and Technology. The pilot technology addresses both heating and cooling loads and demonstrates energy saving of about 30% without creating any negative impact in the atmosphere. The facility was inaugurated by Shri Nabam Rebia, Rajya Sabha MP on 22nd February 2021.     ONLINE TRAINING AND CAPACITY BUILDING (OTCB) CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME: DEVELOPING TREATED WASTEWATER REUSE FACILITIES TERI, along with ICAP Trust, iDeCK and International Water Association (IWA)-India with the support of National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India, organized an Online Training and Capacity Building (OTCB) Programme on ‘Developing Treated Wastewater Reuse Facilities’ from 08th to 22nd March. The 19 session paid programme trained participants on various aspects of setting up wastewater reuse infrastructure facilities such as legal and policy issues, funding options, managing contracts, government approach, marketing strategies, consumer perspectives, and more. As water has a crucial role in a sustainable future, the certificate programme not only aimed to be beneficial for training participants from a technical/project preparation standpoint, but also intended to sensitise them to the challenges faced by the water sector.     ONLINE TRAINING PROGRAMME ON ‘INTRODUCTION TO GREEN BUILDING PROFESSION- SKILL TRAINING AND MANAGEMENT’ Current times have presented before us challenges we might not have anticipated. Regulated assembly of people at one place have also affected the way we did impart and gain knowledge every day. This calls for an update in the mode of learning. Sustainable Habitat Programme, TERI, conducted the ‘Introduction to Green Building Professional: Skill Training and Management’ program on 11th and 12th February. We envisage it to be the first step to becoming a green building professional, for final year students, fresh graduates and young professionals seeking to understand the green building industry better.     STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION Visit by Professor Arild Gustavsen, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (NTNU) to Mahindra-TERI CoE Lab Professor Arild Gustavsen and his colleagues visited the MTCoE Lab on 6th February 2020 and were received by Mr. Sanjay Seth, Senior Director, Sustainable Habitat Program. The teams held a fruitful discussion to understand the on-going testing and research work that the MTCoE lab and the Zero Emission Neighbourhoods (ZEN) research centre at NTNU is currently undertaking. Sustainable Building (Delhi), TERI Core 6C, Darbari Seth Block India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road New Delhi – 110003 Email: sbmail@teri.res.in Fax: 011-24339609 Tel: 011-24339606, 011-46444500 www.teriin.org/buildings