News from NIA | Faculty achievements

Ar. Abhishek Nagaraj chaired a session and presented a paper titled “Assessment of DayLight Illuminance in Lux Levels in Studios and Classrooms” at the Euro Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-24) held during the period from 15th to 18th May 2024 at Marrakech, Morocco. The research paper focused on assessing daylight distribution in classrooms located in the Bengaluru region, using building simulation methodology.

The 6th Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-2024) builds on prior achievements to position itself as the key venue in the Euro-Mediterranean region for showcasing and debating cutting-edge environmental science research. EMCEI-24 aims to gather high-quality, original research papers for publication following peer review in the proceedings (indexed in Scopus).

On the occasion of World Environment Day 2024, Asst. Professor Ar. Aveek Ghosh attended the Youth Leader’s Conclave on ‘Environment and Disaster’, a national conference organised by the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM), Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India on 4th & 5th June 2024 at New Delhi. He presented a research paper titled ‘A shift towards a circular economy for building heat-resilient Indian cities’ on the thematic area of circular economy and resource efficiency (including waste management). The paper deliberated on the issue of urban overheating in Indian cities and the potential of a circular economy to mitigate the multifarious impacts of extreme heat. His study recognises that circular actions are underrepresented in national climate policies and remain a missing piece in climate action planning. The research reimagined future cities to adopt circularity in approaches to complement decarbonization measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study concludes with a possible model to support sustainable scaling of clean energy transition and enhanced adaptation for building heat-resilient Indian cities.