Towards Cleaner Technologies: A process story in the Firozabad glass industry cluster
- Author(s): Girish Sethi
- Size: 180 mm × 240 mm
- Pages: 238
- Binding: Paperback
- Weight: 740 gms
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9788179931332
- Cover Price:
Rs.200.00 / US $15.00
- Special Price: Rs. 180.00 / US $14.00
Book Details
The small-scale glass industries cluster located in Firozabad, near Agra, produces an estimated 50 million bangles each day. Traditionally, units in the cluster burned coal in low-efficiency furnaces, leading to high levels of emissions. Following the Supreme Court verdict in the famous ?Taj Trapezium Case?, the Firozabad units came under pressure to switch from coal to natural gas as fuel.
In 1994/95, SDC (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation) and TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) entered into partnership to find solutions to the energy and environmental problems of select SMiE (small and micro enterprise) sub-sectors through technology upgradation and human and institutional development. Four sub-sectors were selected for intervention: foundries, sericulture, glass industries, and brick manufacture.
This book narrates, in a brief and simple way, the process by which the partners developed and demonstrated two clean, energy-efficient, technologies for the small-scale glass units in Firozabad: the gas-fired recuperative pot furnace, and the gas-fired muffle furnace. In particular, it highlights the experiences of project staff and other stakeholders, and the challenges faced and tackled by them in the course of their work.
This book is primarily intended as a guide for researchers, policy-makers, NGOs, donor organizations, academic institutions and others involved in the small-scale sector, particularly in developing countries.
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Table of Contents
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INTRODUCTION
Small and micro enterprises in India
The protected years
Liberalization challenges
A partnership is forged
The macro-level study
Screening workshop, December 1994
Getting started
Structuring the interventions
Action research
CHARTING THE COURSE
Overview
Energy audits
Discussions, recommendations, and decisions
First contact
Drawing up plans
Change in project strategy
Local institutions
Identifying partners and collaborators
Choosing a demonstration site
INTO THE FIELD
Gas-fired pot furnace
Gas-fired muffle furnace
Spreading the word
Spreading the technology
Towards social action
THE WAY FORWARD
Lessons and challenges
Addressing needs: a stakeholder analysis
The road ahead: knowledge-sharing frame
ANNEXURES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CONTRIBUTORS
ABBREVIATIONS
GLOSSARY
Keywords
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