Shweta Garg

Shweta Garg is an active social worker and associated with Not-for-Profit organization running Old Age homes for the destitute and homeless in Western UP, and in Uttarakhand, India. By education, she is a Masters in Economics, but more than that, she has hands-on experience at ground level. She took many initiatives, spanning across various aspects of the running of the care homes. Currently, her interest is in the development of rural communities and optimizing energy consumption in such areas.

Net Zero and Near Net Zero Energy Districts – Case Studies from China, India, and the U.S.

While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this presentation explored the technologies for efficiency, district energy systems, and ownership models that enable breakthrough energy performance.

WaterAid: A WASH strong COVID-19 response

In this presentation, WaterAid shared their response to COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific, specifically in the eight countries they work in: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, and Timor-Leste. Given the changing dynamics of the pandemic, WaterAid has taken a context-specific and phased approach to support government-led action plans, depending on rate of transmission and lockdowns, and prioritizing the most marginalized groups.

India's ESCO Business Models

This presentation discussed the work being done by India's Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (AEEE), a policy advocacy and energy efficiency market enabler which works on creating awareness about energy efficiency as a resource. It also examined the ESCO market in India, the various EE services and business models offered in India and some key barriers in scaling up the country's ESCO market.