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Latest news on India’s Knowledge Exchange Platform
Having just completed a successful first year, we have lots of great news to report on the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) of IIP-India. KEP is a joint initiative between IIP-India and India’s Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), and its key focus is to accelerate the uptake of industrial energy efficiency in India’s most energy-intensive...

Co-processing in cement industry as a preferential mechanism
The Indian government has made significant changes to its policy on hazardous waste as part of efforts to encourage re-use and safe disposal of hazardous waste (HW) – an effort that can be attributed in part to IIP, the Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) of India, cement companies, and a specially-organized Forum of Regulators.
The new rules for hazardous waste, which were...

Knowledge Exchange Platform website launched
We are thrilled to launch a new website for one of our most promising initiatives in India, the Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP).
KEP is designed to promote and share energy efficiency best practices and technologies amongst India’s most energy-intensive industries. The new website pulls together the most important resources to help these industries improve their energy efficiency....
Recipe for change: Recycling coal plant residue to make bricks
Up until a few decades ago, being a brick-maker in India unequivocally meant moulding clay bricks by hand and manufacturing them in coal-fired kilns. This backbreaking work predestined brick-makers to wretched conditions, long hours and exposure to high levels of soot, a scourge on the lungs.
While this scenario is still an everyday reality for many, those that are modernizing their...
First Workshop on Best Practices in energy efficiency in Cement Sector under KEP initiative
23 June, 2015, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
The 1st Cement Sector workshop under Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) initiative was hosted by J.K. White Cement Works, at Indana Palace, Jodhpur (Rajasthan) for exchange of best practices in cement industries covered under the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme. PAT is a flagship initiative of Bureau of...
Getting Smarter About Resource Use in Asia
When it comes to resource use, Asia is by far the world’s biggest consumer. Yet it also has enormous potential to be more resource efficient. The results of a three-year study that shine a light on how to do just that have just been made public by researchers at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in partnership with SWITCH-Asia Regional Policy Support Component, Australia’s...
Greening Bangladesh’s Industry – One Brick at a Time
Demand for housing has been growing rapidly in Bangladesh, putting pressure on the local brick industry to produce more and more – and this is coming at a high cost to the environment. IIP organized a roundtable meeting in Dhaka, Bangladesh on May 3 to work out how these environmental impacts can be avoided through greater resource efficiency and by addressing food and energy security issues...
Mapping our achievements
2014 has proven to be a busy and productive year for IIP. In total, we took part in fourteen initiatives that straddled the US, China and India as well as more further afield.
Highlights, which are all documented in our 2014 annual report, included:
IIP’s best practices databases, which now get over 18,000 visitors per month from countries all over the world...
First Aluminium Sector Best Practices Workshop under KEP initiative
24 April, 2015, Jharsuguda, Odisha
The 1st Aluminium Sector workshop under Knowledge Exchange Platform (KEP) initiative was hosted by Sesa Sterlite Limited, at the Auditorium, Vedanta Meadows, Jharsuguda, Odisha for exchange of best practices in Aluminium industries covered under the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme. PAT is a flagship initiative of Bureau of...
Event brings together Indian cement industry to address environmental issues
India has made progress in increasing the use of alternate fuels and raw materials (AFR) in the cement industry, but it still has some way to go to make a real environmental impact, Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA) Vice President, Dr S. Chouksey, told 250 delegates at a conference in New Delhi on February 19-20.
“While we have achieved some important milestones till now, there is...
IKEA greens its supply chain in India
Water conservation becomes a key issue for industry when just getting enough water means a 50km truck drive. Add a polluted water supply and outdated machinery, and the environmental impact is substantial.
Inspired by IKEA’s People and Planet Positive Strategy, Jansons, an IKEA textiles supplier, has partnered with IIP and the National Productivity Council (NPC) to reduce its impact on...
Launch Workshop for the Knowledge Exchange Platform
26 February, 2015, New Delhi
A Knowledge Exchange Platform was launched by the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) in partnership with IIP for transfer of best practices in industries covered under the Perform Achieve and Trade (PAT) scheme. The British High Commission, India, is supporting IIP in this initiative. PAT is a flagship initiative of BEE, which is a mechanism for promoting...
New Resources on AFR use in Indian Cement Industry
The five papers comprise:
- An Amendment of the Hazardous Waste Management Rules 1989 to include co-processing in cement plants as a disposal option;
- Preparation of technical guidelines for setting up environmentally-sound pre-processing facilities to prepare homogenous...
How technology and training is greening India's steel re-rolling industry
Published in Energy Efficiency Business & Industry, November 2014
With a booming economy, demand for construction materials has skyrocketed in India. In particular, the need for steel has grown in recent years, with production registering a cumulative annual growth rate...
IIP-India Joins National Taskforce on Co-processing
India’s cement industry is set to become greener through the creation of a new national taskforce for co-processing waste.
This initiative, taken up by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of the Government of India, will create an enabling environment to promote the use of alternate fuels and raw materials (AFR) in India’s cement industry.
IIP-India’s Director, Somnath...