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Himani Pandya is a senior research associate at Centre for
Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CEPT)
University. She holds a Master’s degree in urban (habitat)
management. Her key areas of interest include energy
performance and thermal comfort in built environment
and research development, leading to sustainable solutions.
She can be reached at himani.pandya@cept.ac.in.
Kartikay Sharma is a research associate at Centre for
Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy
(CEPT) University. He holds an MTech degree in
building energy performance. His current area of
interests includes macro-level energy policy, building
energy stock modelling, and urban energy simulation.
He can be reached at kartikay.sharma@cept.ac.in.
Sachin S. is a research associate at Centre for Advanced Research
in Building Science and Energy (CEPT) University. He is an
engineer-planner with a demonstrated experience in the research
domain. His key areas of interest include municipal energy
efficiency, service level benchmark, and policy and institutional
research in the sectors related to urban infrastructure services.
He can be reached at sachin.s@cept.ac.in.
Tithi Soladhara is a research associate at Centre for
Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy
(CEPT) University. She holds a Master’s degree in
urban (habitat) management. She has a keen interest
in research in the urban built environment. She can be
reached at tithi.soladhara@cept.ac.in.
water, energy, housing, etc. The unplanned and unmanaged and identify sustainable methods for catering to them.
urbanization might result in overexploitation of these These variations can be understood only through regular
resources and distress the environmental balance of the monitoring and analysis of service-level data sets. Such
existing ecosystem. The impacts of these anthropogenic understandings, pertaining to the service, will assist the cities
actions increase the carbon footprints of the cities and to envisage and plan for their future demands. However,
cause serious risks of climate change. In order to evade such obtaining the form of data sets that offer opportunities
consequences, it is essential for the cities to plan and develop for developing a deeper understanding of these services
these basic amenities towards meeting the future demands of is a major challenge in the case of cities of the developing
the citizens. countries.
Clean energy and water services are primary requirements In the context of the Indian cities, data sets available in the
of the cities to ensure better health facilities and comforts public domain, pertaining to the energy and water services,
for the citizens. With changing lifestyles and rising urban will mostly assist in understanding the current situation. The
population, it becomes significantly important to understand audit data sets and one-time study data will not assist much
the variations occurring in the demands of the citizens in analysing the trend and rationalizing the future demands. DECEMBER 2019
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Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CEPT)
University. She holds a Master’s degree in urban (habitat)
management. Her key areas of interest include energy
performance and thermal comfort in built environment
and research development, leading to sustainable solutions.
She can be reached at himani.pandya@cept.ac.in.
Kartikay Sharma is a research associate at Centre for
Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy
(CEPT) University. He holds an MTech degree in
building energy performance. His current area of
interests includes macro-level energy policy, building
energy stock modelling, and urban energy simulation.
He can be reached at kartikay.sharma@cept.ac.in.
Sachin S. is a research associate at Centre for Advanced Research
in Building Science and Energy (CEPT) University. He is an
engineer-planner with a demonstrated experience in the research
domain. His key areas of interest include municipal energy
efficiency, service level benchmark, and policy and institutional
research in the sectors related to urban infrastructure services.
He can be reached at sachin.s@cept.ac.in.
Tithi Soladhara is a research associate at Centre for
Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy
(CEPT) University. She holds a Master’s degree in
urban (habitat) management. She has a keen interest
in research in the urban built environment. She can be
reached at tithi.soladhara@cept.ac.in.
water, energy, housing, etc. The unplanned and unmanaged and identify sustainable methods for catering to them.
urbanization might result in overexploitation of these These variations can be understood only through regular
resources and distress the environmental balance of the monitoring and analysis of service-level data sets. Such
existing ecosystem. The impacts of these anthropogenic understandings, pertaining to the service, will assist the cities
actions increase the carbon footprints of the cities and to envisage and plan for their future demands. However,
cause serious risks of climate change. In order to evade such obtaining the form of data sets that offer opportunities
consequences, it is essential for the cities to plan and develop for developing a deeper understanding of these services
these basic amenities towards meeting the future demands of is a major challenge in the case of cities of the developing
the citizens. countries.
Clean energy and water services are primary requirements In the context of the Indian cities, data sets available in the
of the cities to ensure better health facilities and comforts public domain, pertaining to the energy and water services,
for the citizens. With changing lifestyles and rising urban will mostly assist in understanding the current situation. The
population, it becomes significantly important to understand audit data sets and one-time study data will not assist much
the variations occurring in the demands of the citizens in analysing the trend and rationalizing the future demands. DECEMBER 2019
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