{"id":11535,"date":"2023-05-28T12:41:12","date_gmt":"2023-05-28T07:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=11535"},"modified":"2025-03-30T03:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T21:41:32","slug":"solar-decathlon-india-sdi-design-challenge-for-net-zero-future-proof-building-2022-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/solar-decathlon-india-sdi-design-challenge-for-net-zero-future-proof-building-2022-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Decathlon India (SDI) Design Challenge for Net-Zero Future Proof Building 2022-2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Solar Decathlon India is conducted every year by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) and the Alliance for an Energy-Efficient Economy (AEEE).<\/li>\n<li>It is under the aegis of the Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF), an autonomous bilateral organisation jointly funded by both the Governments (The Department of Science &amp; Technology, Government of India and the U.S. Department of State are the respective nodal departments on the two sides).<\/li>\n<li>The Council of Architecture (CoA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding as a knowledge partner with AEEE, who co-organises SDI, to expand outreach and the impact of Solar Decathlon India aimed at building the next generation of leaders to combat climate change in India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is causing India climate change?<\/h3>\n<p>Increasing agricultural activities, changes in land-use patterns, and other sources lead to rising levels of methane and nitrous oxide.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1927869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Winners of Solar Decathlon India Design Challenge for Net-Zero Future Proof Building 2022-2023 announced<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Solar Decathlon India is conducted every year by the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11535","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}