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Despite the possibility of facing a severe energy crisis in the upcoming anticipated rise in the home energy use for heating and cooling, Nepal still lacks a strong policy for energy-efficient construction. Building Energy Efficiency in Nepal (BEEN), funded by the European Union under Switch Asia and started a year ago, is currently being implemented by the University of Innsbruck in partnership with MinErgy Pvt. Ltd in Nepal, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd in India, and Association Espaola de Normalization (UNE) in Spain. This project is also assisting national and sub-national govern...

The 3 MEUR funding will be used to develop new go-to-market channels and expand existing ones. A primary focus will be supporting the global trend towards

State Secretary of the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry T.Jambaltseren held a meeting with Country Director of the People In Need international NGO for Mongolia Timothy Jenkins, Climate Change Advisor Fabrizio Orsini and the managers of the ‘Switching on Green Economy’ project.

An international seminar on “The Importance of Sustainability for Future Tourism” was recently held at the Cinnamon Lakeside Hotel, Colombo, where industry experts from Kuoni; The Travel Foundatio | eTurboNews | Trends | Travel News

“ Even though it was very cold inside the house in the past winters, we did not insulate it due to limited financial and human resources. As a result of learning [from the Simple Solution Campaign] I can now insulate my own house with simple and affordable solutions,” said Ankhbayar B., a resident of the 16 th Khoroo of Sukhbaatar District. The Simple Solutions Campaign launched in Sukhbaatar and Songinokhairkhan Districts three months ago with a call to insulate houses using materials readily available. "I didn't know that heat loss would be significantly reduced just by insulating ou...