said in my previous blog that India 's building sector is growing fast – 20 million dwellings, 19 million sq m of commercial space, 13 million sq m of retail space, 50,000 hotel rooms over the next five years.
Business-as-usual would mean a rapid increase in the sector's energy consumption, absorbing a growing proportion of India's incremental energy production in the years to come along with a necessary expansion of its energy infrastructure. On the other hand an energy-efficient development path would reduce overall energy use, pollution and CO 2 emissions. India's energy security would also improve. It's a win-win-win scenario.
The time is right to make it happen. At the EEB Outreach event last month, high government officials expressed their political will and declared it a priority. Businesses said they see it as an opportunity. Civil society naturally welcomed and supported a new direction.
Words are easy, of course. But how to make it happen? There are many barriers in India , just as there are elsewhere. In fact we found they are very similar to barriers we encountered in our Outreach events in China and Europe. (They are well documented in the report we published recently).
But while the barriers may be similar, it is not appropriate to “copy and paste” western solutions to India.
Business-as-usual would mean a rapid increase in the sector's energy consumption, absorbing a growing proportion of India's incremental energy production in the years to come along with a necessary expansion of its energy infrastructure. On the other hand an energy-efficient development path would reduce overall energy use, pollution and CO 2 emissions. India's energy security would also improve. It's a win-win-win scenario.
The time is right to make it happen. At the EEB Outreach event last month, high government officials expressed their political will and declared it a priority. Businesses said they see it as an opportunity. Civil society naturally welcomed and supported a new direction.
Words are easy, of course. But how to make it happen? There are many barriers in India , just as there are elsewhere. In fact we found they are very similar to barriers we encountered in our Outreach events in China and Europe. (They are well documented in the report we published recently).
But while the barriers may be similar, it is not appropriate to “copy and paste” western solutions to India.
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