What are the broad objectives of this site?
This website is aimed at providing information relating to energy efficiency in the following three industrial sectors viz. Sugar, Fertilizer, and Pulp and Paper .

What kind of information is available in the website?
The website provides energy efficient techologies information from India and abroad it also provides successful case studies from Indian Industries,Database of abstracts literature published in various journals and conference proceedings for the three sectors, students thesis abstracts from select institutes, current news, events information and links to a number of useful resources like directories ,technologies database for the industries.

How are you addressing industry specific problems?
Under the section ‘Refernece desk’, any user having any query /problems or information requests, they can post on this website. The queries are answered or referred to subject experts. Any request for full text information can also be made available on request.

What is energy efficiency?
Energy efficiency is simply the efficient use of energy.  While our own energy use is something we often take for granted, the production of energy has societal costs and environmental impacts. Using products and services that employ energy-efficient technologies benefit industries, businesses and suppliers because energy efficiency is a way every person or business can reduce those impacts, lower monthly energy bills and in many cases increase the comfort and productivity.

 What are the major financial institutions for Indian  Industries?I
Industrial Development Bank of India, (IDBI)Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA),Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI), Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India, (ICICI)Industrial Reconstruction Corporation of India (IRCI)