TERI organised a high-level brainstorming session on 4th August, 2022 at Hotel Claridges to talk about maximising the advantages of climate-friendly cooling through the successful implementation of the Kigali Amendment under the initiative SHEETAL-Alliance for Sustainable Habitat, Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort for All and in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Three main topics were discussed: India's future to phase out HFCs, the sustainable adoption of low GWP refrigerants in the country's cooling industry, the importance of best-in-class appliance energy efficiency standards, and the effective implementation of building energy codes in India's efforts to meet the Kigali Amendments 0.5 °C goal and ICAP targets.

TERI inaugurated a ‘Model Demo habitat’ on 13th July, 2022 developed under the “Habitat Model for Efficiency and Comfort” project sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), GoI. The project consists of two tasks, wherein the first task aims at providing the Indian building market with cost-effective movable and smart external shading products, reducing direct solar heat gain inside a building by more than 75% while allowing natural daylight. The second task is aimed at designing and demonstrating the potential of low-energy radiant slab cooling, integrated with natural heat sinks, and establishing their operational mechanism for optimum comfort and energy efficiency.

TERI conducted a green audit of KL University, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh. This audit was done to facilitate the NAAC audit of the university. The various areas covered during the audit were energy, water & solid waste, environmental quality, health, and carbon footprint study.

Various dignitaries along with their teams visited the MTCoE lab to understand the on-going testing of opaque and transparent construction materials utilising cutting-edge tools and technology. The TERI team provided a walk-through tour of the CoE along with a demonstration and got acquainted with the various sustainability principles and design strategies espoused by the CoE building.