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Reducing Air Pollution in India’s Industrial Cluster through Smart Energy Management
Rapid economic growth has brought many benefits to India, but at a cost to human health and the environment. Growth in industrial production, construction of buildings, roads and highways and urban transport has led to poor air quality in many Indian cities and industrial clusters. There is an urgent need to address the rapidly worsening effects of air pollution—on both human health and the global climate—by implementing measures to improve air quality and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in India’s cities and industrial clusters.
Smart energy management, which has proven to be an effective strategy for reducing air pollution in both developed and transitioning economies, holds significant potential to reduce emissions from industries and power plants—two of the major sources of air pollution in many of India’s urban areas.
With this focus International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) has conceived a project on “Reducing the Air Pollution in India’s industrial Cluster through Smart Energy Management” with support from Climate and Clean Air Collation (CCAC). The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) has kindly agreed to support IIEC in implementing the research activities in the Jharsuguda Industrial area.
This project was envisaged to provide a critical proof of concept: That cities in developing countries can achieve significant, measurable reductions in air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions using bundled private financing to capture the benefits of investing in smart energy management.