Mumbai: ‘Buildings, energy sector make up 60 per cent of Green House Gas emissions in city’
As much as 60 per cent of the city’s Green House Gas (GHG) emissions come from buildings and the energy sector, a 2019 study by the World Resource Institute (WRI)-India has concluded. According to primary data analysis, WRI-India has found that residential, commercial and institutional buildings in Mumbai are estimated to go up 3.3 times by 2050. The data was presented in a webinar held under the Mumbai climate action plan on Tuesday.
In a presentation, Mehul Patel, manager of the Climate Programme at WRI India, said that residential, commercial, and institutional building emissions are dominated by electricity and LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas). The key sources of the GHS emissions in buildings are appliances such as air conditioners, geysers, refrigerators, fans, and equipment that use LPG, PNG (Piped Natural Gas) and kerosene, he said.
