MANAGEMENT OF AIR QUALITY THROUGH ENERGY MEDIATION

Abstract

Air Quality and its management has been quite strained in the past few years and a cumulative approach in dealing with it would help reduce the emission and enhance the air quality index. As the government focuses on raising in-house technical capacities, the extent of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises are shooting up. MSMEs contribute to majority of the country’s industrial enterprises and considerable amount of its carbon emissions. It is imperative to concentrate on their environmental impacts based on their energy consumption pattern. However, understanding this key challenge – the MSMEs are to check on their Energy consumption patterns and the source of energy, thus eliminating the over-utilization of resources. This would not only make the MSMEs Energy Efficient but also lead to a decreased emission load and carbon footprint. GHG emission reduction could be mapped over the years. Mapping out the impact of these ambitious policies and its enablers would be critical. This work would aim at building an advanced understanding of potential benefits/impacts of MSMEs on the emissions/concentration of air pollutants v/s business as usual – based on varying levels of Energy Efficient equipment penetration and the fuel being used. This would involve a combination of Air emissions inventory and dispersion modelling approaches based on scientific understanding of comprehensive industrial structure in the industrial clusters. Broadly, energy demands and their usage details – coupled with established local air emissions would be used for establishing a detailed understanding of air quality impacts.