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FOCUS
BEPL (CSEE)
receives NABL Accreditation
Building
Energy Performance Laboratory (BEPL), part of
Centre for Sustainable Environment and Energy,
CEPT University has been accorded accreditation by
National Accreditation Board for Testing &
Calibration Laboratories (NABL), against the
meticulous standard of ISO/IEC 17025:2005 for the
proficiency of its Testing Laboratory.
NABL provides formal third party
recognition of competent laboratories, thus
providing a ready means for customers to find
reliable testing services in order to meet their
Testing Requirements. The certification is valid
for a period of two years and ensures that the
laboratory is at par to international level of
competence.
BEPL has received this
prestigious accreditation from NABL for the scope
in the fields of Optical Photometry, Thermal and
Fluid Flow Testing which will strengthen the
confidence of our customers in the testing
facilities.
The Bureau of Energy
Efficiency has introduced the Energy Conservation
Building Code (ECBC) and BEPL is the first
accredited lab of its kind in the country which
will be able to conduct tests for SHGC, SRI, Heat
Transmittance for different kinds of building
materials like insulation, tiles, paints, glass,
bricks etc, besides the capability to test the air
leakage from fenestration products.
BEPL
Laboratory is equipped with latest state of the
art equipment like a) Spectrophotometer which will
test the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, Solar
Reflectance and other optical characteristics b)
FTIR to test the Emissivity c) Heat Flow Meter to
measure the thermal conductivity of insulating
material d) Air Leakage Chamber: To test the air
leakage of Fenestration products This testing
facility will go a long way in effective
implementation of the ECBC by identifying energy
efficient building materials.
STUDENT
ACHIEVEMENT
Blue Award
2012
Nikhil
Chaudhary, student of Master of Architecture
(Urban Design) has been nominated for a prize for
the Blue Award 2012, for his Project – Title:
“Reverse Thrust” - Restructuring the Urban Fringes
along Ring-Roads - Case of Nagpur City.
The project
develops and applies a new strategic concept for
sustainable land-use planning in a difficult
environment – the urban fringe of the big and fast
growing city of Nagpur / India. Urbanization and
uncontrolled urban sprawl are going to be induced
and increased along a second ring road under
construction.
The foreseeable development
is going to spoil sensitive areas and natural
resources of a fragile ecosystem as well as local
economic potential and lifestyle. The project
envisions a procedure of endogenous development
for steering urban growth by building the momentum
of the rural and the nature to create a
“back-thrust” of green fingers within urban arms.
The Blue
Award is a biennial, international student
competition and awards projects addressing the
topic of sustainability in the academic fields of
architecture, regional planning and urbanism
organized by Department for Spatial and
Sustainable Design, Faculty for Architecture and
Planning, Vienna University of Technology, at
Vienna, Austria.
The judging panel met on
24th February, 2012 in Vienna, at the Vienna
University of Technology and nominated 11 projects
for a prize. The Award Ceremony was organized on
26th April, 2012 at Vienna.
STUDENTS
ACTIVITIES
Students of
Faculty of Sustainable Environment and Climate
Change
Mansi
Jayswal and Aditi Phansalkar’s paper on “Analysing
Electricity and Co2 emission trends for Commercial
and Residential Sectors in Bangkok for Low Carbon
Scenario 2035” has been selected for presentation
in the International conference on Climate
Adaptation: 2012.
The Conference will be
held in Tucson, Arizona on May 29-31, 2012.The
conference is co-hosted by University of Arizona
and Supported by UNEP’s Programme of Research on
Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts and
Adaptation (PROVIA).
Mansi’s thesis
research work on “Examine the performance of low
energy cooling techniques for Energy Conservation
in Building Sector” is also selected for
presentation in the International Conference on
Solar Heating and Cooling for Buildings and
Industry.
The Conference is supported by
International Energy Agency (IEA) and to be held
in San Francisco, USA on July 9-11, 2012. SHC 2012
is the first of this new series of scientific and
policy conferences on solar heating and cooling.
SHC 2012 Conference papers are to be published in
ELSEVIER's Energy Procedia and Solar Energy
Journal. Visit: www.shc2012.org
S.A. Film
Club
S.A Film
Club has organized three movie screening on 3rd
April, 2012 at CEPT University. The movies are “
Whose Wadi ?”, “Sarkhej”, and “Ojharati Valu”,
documentaries followed by a Q&A Session with
Shraddha Sakhalkar, NID Alumni film-maker,
freelance writer, and visual communicator.
Bhavai Shows
CEPT
University is providing the Advisory services for
IEC activities for Municipal Solid Waste
Management in Ahmadabad city. As a series of
activities Ceptians organized Bhavai Shows as part
of 'IEC activities for MSW-AMC'.
The
objective of these shows was to communicate with
the general public through using the Bhavai shows/
Street plays. Bhavai shows are being organized all
over Ahmadabad during the month of April, 2012.
Many of these are in western Ahmedabad (C.G. Road,
Himalaya Mall, Paldi, Vadaj etc.).
CEPT
Volleyball Team
CEPT volley
ball team has stood at the first position at
Energy cup held at PDPU (Pandit Deendayal
Petroleum University) Gandhinagar. The match was
held from 16th to 18th March 2012. The contestants
were MICA, Nirma, EDI, PDPU, BK Institute of
Management etc. CEPT volleyball team had performed
very well throughout all the matches. CEPT cricket
team also stood at 2nd position in the same.
TRAINING
PROGRAMS
Application
of Geotechnical Engineering in
Construction
ISTE-approved
Training of Trainers (TOT) course on “Application
of Geotechnical Engineering in Construction” was
organized by Anchor Institute for Infrastructure
Sector, conducted by Faculty of Technology, CEPT
University from 19th to 24th March, 2012 in CEPT
University campus. 15 participants successfully
took the TOT course. The participants included 9
faculty members of Engineering and Science
Colleges, and 4 PG scholars and students. The
course was designed to provide insight into
Application of Geotechnical engineering in
construction, which should be investigated for the
development of infrastructure projects. Dr. R N
Vakil, Director, CEPT University met the
participants.
EIA: Noise
and Vibration
A 3 Day
Training Course on “EIA: Noise and Vibration” for
the Environment Consultants was organized by
Anchor Institute for Infrastructure Sector, CEPT
University. The course was held during 5th and 7th
April, 2012 at CEPT University and 21 participants
successfully took it. The course was designed to
help functional area experts in ‘Noise and
Vibration’ in preparing relevant inputs for the
respective chapter that goes in developing an EIA
report. Dr. R N Vakil, Director, and Prof. Utpal
Sharma, Dean FoPP, CEPT University, graced the
program with their presence for about 20 minutes.
The course was conducted by Dr. V. Mohanan, CSIR
Emeritus Scientist, National Physical Laboratory,
Dr. Surinder Mohan, Ex. Scientist, Central Road
Research Institute, Prof. A. K. A. Rathi, Faculty
of Planning, CEPT University, and Prof. S. D.
Jhala, Professor, M G Science
Institute.
COLLABORATIONS
Centre for
Sustainable Environment and Energy
We
are pleased to inform that the proposal led by
Centre for Sustainable Environment and Energy
(CSEE), CEPT University (India) and Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) titled “Centre
for Building Energy Research and Development”
(CBERD) under Indo-US Joint Clean Energy Research
and Development Centre initiative has been
selected for award negotiation after very
stringent review process and stiff international
competition.
Collaborative
clean Energy program agreement between US and
India is very important step taken by both
governments and has been placed on very high
priority research area. Major resource allocation
has been made for building energy efficiency under
this program. Work carried out by CEPT University
in the area of energy efficiency in recent past
has gained good reputation across the world.
Prof. Rajan
Rawal, Coordinator, Centre for Sustainable
Environment and Energy, CEPT University and Prof.
N. K. Bansal, Sintex Chair Professor, CEPT
University are the principal
academics/professionals involved.
Outcomes of
the Research are Enhanced ties between U.S. and
India building energy researchers and industry;
integrated, proven, marketable building
technologies; a public-private collaboration to
identify deployment pathways; leveraged research
funding; improved capabilities for both nations to
leapfrog development of building technologies and
markets. Objectives will be met by funding from
Govt. of India, US Dept. of Energy and equal
financial resource sharing from industries from
both the countries.
MoU signed
by HUDCO, New Delhi
Housing and
Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO), New Delhi
has signed a MoU with CEPT University. This is the
second round of HUDCO Chair activities at CEPT
University. The funding under the MoU proposes to
cover Research, Training and support to ongoing
academic activities at CEPT University. Prof.
Madhu Bharti will be the Nodal Faculty for HUDCO
chair activities at CEPT University.
UKIERI
Programme at CEPT University
British
Council under the UKIERI program has accepted the
joint proposal from CEPT University and University
of Reading, (UK). The proposal aims to improve
educational links between India and UK.
The
program will allow for development of range of
skills and understanding - practical, technical
and theoretical issues across range of subjects
relevant to Housing and Real Estate. At CEPT
University the program will be managed by Prof.
Utpal Sharma and Prof. Madhu Bharti.
MoU between
FoSECC and GEMI
The
Faculty of Sustainable Environment and Climate
Change (FoSECC), CEPT University has signed an
agreement with the Gujarat Environment Management
Institute (GEMI) for enhancement of environmental
quality through various climate change studies
carried out by students of FoSECC at GEMI’s state
of the art Laboratory.
Under this
Agreement, GEMI will offer the free use of its
laboratory to CEPT students to carry out tests for
any research work on environmental quality. One of
the main objectives is to create a much-needed
database of Indian conditions for climate change
studies, and incorporate such information in
studying direct as well as indirect impacts on the
environment as a
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