Mainak Mukherjee

A Review of Vehicular Pollution and Control Measures in India

The world is confronting a genuine and serious challenge because of rapid change in its climate and ecosystem. This change is happening because of the various human activities such as deforestation, engine exhaust, air pollution produced by industries and smouldering of fossil fuels, water pollution caused by dumping industrial waste into water bodies, rapid industrialization growth, sharp increasing traffic, degradation of natural sources, etc. In spite of deteriorating ecosystem, this humongous threat has an adverse impact on human life. As the population is on the rise day by day, the quantity of vehicles keeps on increasing, leading to increased emissions. Vehicles are presently turning into fundamental wellsprings of air contamination in suburban India. These vehicles are powered by the variety of fuels such as petrol, diesel, gasoline and CNG all resulting in emission of CO2, greenhouse gases and hazardous pollutants at different concentrations. These pollutants are directly affecting human’s life in terms of personal discomfort, loss of productivity, stress, headache and other serious health issues affecting skin, cardiovascular system, nervous system, respiratory system, and directly or indirectly these contaminates are responsible for climate change, global warming and natural calamities. All these circumstances show that air contamination is a serious environmental issue, and there is an essential need to control it. This paper is intended to survey the rise in vehicular contaminants in India and its adverse effects on human’s life and control measures.

Energy Efficiency Measures Across Key Sectors in India—An Approach Towards Climate Change

India’s economy grows, with time, and so does its demand for energy. Rapid industrialization, within last few decades, has led to economic growth, but it has caused over-exploitation of natural resources. Along with an alarming depletion of natural resources, India is having its share in global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As a result, India, sadly, is also responsible, when it comes to global climate change caused by anthropogenic reasons. However, an awareness of the aforementioned fact has stimulated a positive response from Indian organizations in the form of specific energy consumption reduction, implantation of emission control technology, and treatment of liquid and solid waste. Voluntary initiatives, which add to an organization’s cost and energy-saving measures, including renewable energy utilization, adoption of energy-efficient techniques, and adoption of energy conservation measures, have been undertaken. Following report highlights, various techniques, to reduce energy consumption, have been adopted by designated consumers and organizations in India.

A Sustainable Approach to Home Automation System in Perspective of Ensuring Energy Efficiency and Security

In this paper, a sustainable approach to home automation system has been emphasized upon bearing in mind to optimize opportunities of energy saving and home security. Home automation systems serve as an addition to conventional construction, thereby ensuring consumption of energy in a synchronized method. It also leads to continuous monitoring of the home perimeter to ensure the highest level of safety of the residents. Apart from these, it ensures optimum indoor environment for maximum comfort. Home automation directly engages with the energy ingestion in installed lighting, HVAC system, perimeter security, etc. With technology proliferation, modern homes and buildings are progressively adopting technologies which would not only safeguard energy but would also sustain for a longer period.

Effectuation of Renewable Energy as an Effective Mitigation Approach Towards Climate Change

Energy has always been an integral part of human existence. The need of energy is never diminishing. Man has to carry out innumerable processes to convert this energy into useful work. But at what cost? These processes are leading to an adverse and prolonged effect on our environment resulting in climate change. Climate change is a change in the environment pertaining for a longer duration of time, say a century largely due to anthropogenic activities. Climate change is leading to an increment of average temperature of earth or change in annual precipitation. This in turn might lead to short-term and long-term impacts on our lives. The study involves amalgamation of current scenario and futuristic approach adhered by the various sectors like power, across various governmental sectors pertaining to energy intensive industries, also private sectors are enforcing policies to mitigate climate change. Specific approach to mitigate was quantified taken by government and private organizations. At the end, the approach is analysed on the basis of various aspects to be declared as beneficial or susceptible for certain duration of time.

A Vision of IoT: Applications, Challenges, and Opportunities with Dehradun Perspective

In this paper, the emphasis has been the application of Internet of the things (IoT) system on an urban (Dehradun) prospective, that is a broader category which has been subdivided into specific application domain. Urban IoT’s are planned to support modern smart cities. The prime objective behind IoT-based smart cities is to harness the advanced communication technologies to support the value-added services of city administration for the citizen. This paper provides a proposed in-depth suitable technologies, protocol, and network architecture for Dehradun city.