News and events
Conferences, policy milestones, talks and student achievements from the Center.
Reimagining Buildings in the Tricity
11 April 2026. Marking Chandigarh's 75th anniversary, we brought together policymakers, architects, engineers, industry leaders and academics to plan energy-efficient, healthy and future-ready buildings for the next 50 years.
2026
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SummerMilestone
Roof of Hope grows to 1,000 homes
With support from the Nagarro Foundation, our cool roof pilot in Bakkarwala, West Delhi scales up from 100 homes to 1,000 this summer.
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11 AprEvent
Reimagining Buildings in the Tricity
With the Chandigarh Citizens Foundation, we brought policymakers, architects, engineers, industry leaders and academics together to plan for the next 50 years of the Chandigarh Tricity.
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FebAward
Students win first prize at the FEED Conference hackathon
A team of first and second year students mentored by IVCCE won first prize at a national hackathon at FEED Conference 2026 in Delhi, and is now writing up the work for a journal.
2025
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19 DecPolicy
Andhra Pradesh makes cool roofs part of its building bye-laws
The Government of Andhra Pradesh notified ECSBC, Eco-Niwas Samhita and cool roof provisions as part of the state's building bye-laws, following sustained advocacy supported by our team.
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19 NovPaper
Air cleaners, ventilation and energy: paper at ACM BuildSys 2025
Our study of the energy and indoor air quality trade-offs of personal air cleaners and natural ventilation in Delhi homes was presented at ACM BuildSys 2025.
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19 SeptTalk
District cooling at the Andhra Pradesh Clean Energy Expo
Prof. Vishal Garg spoke on district cooling and thermal energy storage in the panel “Rewiring Energy Supply Chains” in Visakhapatnam.
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17 SeptTalk
Refrigerant transition seminar at the Royal Norwegian Embassy
We joined government, industry and civil society in New Delhi to discuss phasing down high-GWP refrigerants under the India-Norway INDEE3 project.
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20 AugPolicy
Working on the Hyderabad Heat Action Plan
Our Director joined the Telangana Disaster Management Department and NRDC to shape the Hyderabad Heat Action Plan and trainings for 145 urban local bodies.
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1 AugTalk
Thermal storage at the CII Net Zero Dialogue
Dr. Aviruch Bhatia presented “Thermal Energy Storage: Unlocking Efficiency for Net Zero Buildings” at CII Northern Region Headquarters, Chandigarh.
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16 JulPolicy
Capacity building on the Uttar Pradesh building code
We presented at the two-day programme on the UP Energy Conservation Building Code, as part of our technical support for cool roof policy in Uttar Pradesh.
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SummerMilestone
India's largest academic thermal storage testbed is commissioned
Our 5,600 kWh Thermal Energy Storage Living Lab now cools a 220-room hostel at night using energy stored during the day.
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25 AprTalk
The science of cool roofs, in Andhra Pradesh
Prof. Vishal Garg presented on the science of cool roofs at the state workshop on cool roof adoption.
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15 AprPolicy
Telangana recognises heatwaves as a disaster
Building on sustained policy engagement led by our team, Telangana officially recognised heatwaves as a disaster, a key step towards national recognition.
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26 FebEvent
Advisory Committee meeting
Leaders from academia, industry and philanthropy reviewed our progress and helped shape the next phase of the Center.
2024
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4 DecTalk
“Time to Cool Off” at the 16th GRIHA Summit
Our Director chaired the panel discussion on managing urban heat.
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17 FebEvent
IVCCE is inaugurated
More than 200 industry leaders, founders, faculty, researchers and students marked the opening of the Center, followed by a panel on a just energy transition for all.
2023
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3 AprPolicy
Telangana launches India's first Cool Roof Policy
The Telangana Cool Roof Policy 2023-28, which our team helped formulate, targets 300 sq km of cool roofs and about 600 GWh of electricity savings a year.