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Green public procurement (GPP) is a powerful yet underutilised lever for advancing energy efficiency at scale. In India, where public procurement accounts for an estimated 20%–30% of GDP, GPP has primarily been applied to scale up super-efficient technologies in public buildings, with limited application in other high-impact sectors such as affordable housing under the Pradhan...

Cities are spatial engines of growth and prosperity, driven by agglomeration benefits but constrained by congestion costs, and serve as central levers for economic transformation. By 2030, nearly 70 Indian cities will each host more than one million inhabitants, driving unprecedented expansion of urban housing and infrastructure demand at the city level, with local governments...

A national framework to measure and manage heat impacts across cities, identifying the impact of heat on urban systems including infrastructure, economic and social aspects, enabling data-driven governance for managing extreme heat in India.

Building Cooler Neighbourhoods: The Case for Corridors in India Tarun Garg and Akhil Singhal 1. It’s Time to Build Heat Resilience at the Neighbourhood Scale India’s cities are experiencing increasing heat stress, with urban areas warming nearly twice as quickly as rural areas and regularly reaching 50°C.1 This is a significant issue that disrupts daily…

A practical guide to accelerate adoption of cool roofs across Indian cities

A practical guide to accelerate adoption of cool roofs across Indian cities

RMI India Foundation and the Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator co-hosted a webinar on Scaling Cool Roofs in India: Overcoming Barriers and Unlocking Opportunities.


The built environment generates over 40% of annual global CO₂ emissions. Gateway to India’s Dymaxion is a unique publication emerging from the first year of the Lodha Net Zero Urban Accelerator focusing on areas of Embodied Carbon, Passive and Active Thermal Comfort Solutions, Equipment Efficiency, Clean Energy and Clean Mobility.

This report discusses system-level challenges faced by the e-mobility ecosystem in India and details solutions that can catalyse the market.

The report documents the opportunities, challenges, solutions, and insights obtained through two years of rigorous, day-to-day policy implementation, which enabled the NCT of Delhi’s march towards becoming the EV capital of India.