The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that another cold wave could hit Delhi in the middle of the week. It was a cold, polluted and foggy Sunday in the Capital. While the temperature in the early hours dropped to 3.7 degrees Celsius, making...
A survey by the Centre for Science and Environment indicates nearly 80% plants will not meet the December 2019 deadline for new emission norms. The study also said that only around one-third of the over 3,000 brick kilns have shifted to Zig-Zag technology that...
…for brick kilns to check pollution in Indo-Gangetic plain The Union environment ministry has proposed an amendment that seeks to lay down a uniform emission standard for particulate matter of 250 milligrams per cubic metre (mg/Nm3) for all brick kilns across the country as...
…for greening brick sector: Experts Brick manufacturers from India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan on Friday agreed to promote environmental-friendly zigzag kilns – a new configuration that produces high-quality bricks at lower cost with fewer harmful emissions – for ‘greening’ the brick sector in South Asia. This was decided at a three-day conference...
Air quality in Nepal is the worst in the world, with the country being ranked at the bottom among the 180 countries surveyed in terms of air-quality in a global study. The latest global Environmental Performance Index (EPI) was released on Tuesday by Yale...
Habla Zig Zag Kilns is one of only 14 finalists for the inaugural Climate & Clean Air Awards. This is a major achievement for our project, being in the esteemed company of The State of California and The World Bank, to name but a...
Australian company with a global solution wins 2017 UNAA Business Climate Action Award UNAA Press Release: 8th June 2017 An Australian-owned company’s successful application of clean, clay brick firing technology in an overseas setting has made it the inaugural winner of the 2017 UNAA...
The Habla Zig-Zag Kiln (HZZK) is an environmentally friendly brick firing technology. With modest capital investment and attractive payback periods, the HZZK can reduce adverse environmental emissions and increase kiln profitability and cash flow through significant reduction in energy consumption. In 2016, HZZKI transferred...
Peter Drucker famously quoted, “What gets measured, gets managed.” By examining an activity we are forced to pay attention to it. By producing relevant and accurate measurements we can identify where improvements are possible, and then track progress against the benchmark. It was with...