Fun Fact: Globally, air-conditioning (AC) and cooling appliances use about 7% of the world’s electricity and account for roughly 3.2% of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In India’s sweltering summers, the phrase “Cooling India’s Homes Without Climate Guilt: The Carbon Story of Air Conditioning” feels almost rebellious. Because yes, we deserve cool homes. But the …
Fun Fact: The industrial town of Byrnihat—nestled between the states of Meghalaya and Assam—once obscure on India’s pollution radar, was recently declared the world’s most polluted city. Byrnihat has never been on many people’s travel bucket-lists. Yet today its name appears on the very lists we dread. In this blog, “Byrnihat: India’s Most Polluted City …
Fun Fact: Did you know that over 47,000 brick kilns across the Indo-Gangetic plain in India have been detected using satellite imagery and machine-learning? In this age of soaring skyscrapers and sleek smartphones, it’s ironic that a humble brick still plays a starring role in India’s construction boom — and stays largely hidden from view. …
