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Will there be a smarter approach to smart cities?
27 Jan 2015 5:11 AM ISTPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s ambitious “100 smart cities” project is all set to get the backing of the US. India and the US are expected to sign an...
Will Delhi air suffocate Obama on R-Day?
23 Jan 2015 4:41 AM ISTIndo-US love is in the air and the air is highly toxic. Quite literally! American security agencies are obsessing with President Obama’s security...
The applied science of smart growth
15 Nov 2014 3:50 AM ISTA distinctive feature of a modern house is an array of electrical and electronic appliances in it. Sunil Sinha, a banker in Meerut, remembers the days...
Any idea where construction debris goes?
24 Aug 2014 3:37 AM ISTIndia needs a landfill the size of West Bengal to dump 21,630 million tonnes of construction and demolition (C&D) waste it will generate from...
Energy wise, resource foolish
10 Jun 2014 5:18 AM ISTIn 2009 when the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) decided to get new office space for its 600-odd officials, the then minister Jairam...
Why AAP’s subsidies mean increased cost of living
12 Jan 2014 5:08 AM ISTRich house owners, the urban minority, will benefit from AAP’s power and water subsidies and they will certainly not pass on this benefit to the...
‘I cycle and I don’t need your sympathy’
1 Dec 2013 3:44 AM ISTEver since I started cycling to work I’ve been at the receiving end of too much sympathy. At times I am made to feel like a poor disillusioned...
Concrete without sand?
7 Aug 2013 2:43 AM ISTEveryone seems to be getting something constructed (directly or indirectly) nowadays. My government, my boss, my neighbour, my father, in fact my...
Playing with mud
13 March 2013 4:46 AM ISTSitting in his office, French architect Satprem Maini says bricks and reinforced cement concrete (RCC) are among the most used products in modern...
Home energy myths debunked !
23 Jan 2013 3:41 AM ISTAir-conditioners and water heaters were the biggest energy guzzlers in his house, believed Atul Prakash until he was told about the energy footprint...