Cement, Energy and Environment July-Sep 2002

I reductions targets could be achieved without buying in certificates, it would be much more lucrative for cement compan ies to se ll th e emiss ions cert ifi cates than to manufacture cement. An emi ssions trading system as cu rrentl y proposed by the EU Commission would result in a European cement industry having to reduce production at its domestic locations. Demand for cement can be covered by the wo rld market; th e re is sufficient excess capacity now avail able worldwide. Relocating production would mean more imports into Europe, involving higher transport-related CO~ emissions. Emissions trading would thus jeopardize European production facilities, with the associated negative economic and social effects, butwithout achieving any global ecological effect. Courtesy: ZKG International No.5/2002, Pp 64- 73, Fax: +49 (0) 6/23 700122 E-mail: :kg@Bauverlag. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IN INDIA [ 108} Tiwari P. 2001 Building and Environment36(/0): 1127- /135 A compre hen sive optimization mod e l for energy accounting in house construction in India has been developed in this paper. The main concern of the paper is energy consumption in building construction in India. The te chniques of construction evaluated are commonly used pucca techniques as well as low-cost construction techniques. An assessment of the magnitude of energy consumption, if hou sing shortages have to be n~et, shows that a huge amount of energy would be consumed in the housing sector alone. The associated level s of carbon dioxide emiss ions associated with th is construction would also be prohibitively high. Finally, the paper concludes with recommendations for structural changes in the energy and construction policy in Indi a to minimi ze energy consumption in building construction. (3 figures, 7 tables, II references) Courtesy: TIDE£, Mar. 2002, P 48, Pax: 91 II 4682144, e-mail: outreach@teri. res. in Web: ll'li'JV. teriin.mg PRIVATE COAL WASHERIES TO MAKE IMJ>ACT SOON The Hindu Business Line, Kolkata, 09.8.2002 The presence of the private sector in the coal washing business is expected to be fe lt shortl y with two new coal washeri es at Talcher coalfields in Orissa promoted by private investors getting ready to begin commer cial production within a month or so. Both the washeries will have an initial capacity to was h one million tonnes of raw non-coking coal per annum. Informed sources reveal that one washery is being promoted by a Delhi-based company, Global Coal, in technical col laboratio n with a Chin ese company. This washery is using for the first time in the country 'dry process' to wash non-coking coal in pulverized form. The other washery, which is to introduce the conventional wet process, is being promoted by the ci ty- ba sed Naresh Kumar & Company in association with the Aryan Coa l ofDelhi. ·Tho ugh the technologies being used may vary, both the washeries have a common goal, namely, to sell washed coal to bulk consumers, particularly to thermal power stations. Both the was heries a re reported to have entered into an agreement with a Thapar g roup company to sell their washed coal. Courtesy: Cement Ne ws Digest, 01-09/lug. 2002, Ppl 6& 15 Fax: 022-2040582 E-mail:cmabb({i)bom31'snl. net.in Web: 11'11 1 11'. cmaindia. org