Redevelopment of Lautoka Hospital and Ba Hospital is the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) to be implemented in Fiji. These upgrades represent a major milestone towards the Government of Fiji’s (GoF)...
Digital Development Partnership (DDP) has now completed its sixth year of the implementation cycle. During the reporting period, the partnership continued its ambitious growth path, rapidly accelerating...
Bengaluru is the information technology capital of India, often branded as the country’s Silicon Valley. The city boasts 485,000 street lights but upgrading and maintaining the infrastructure has been...
This review and analysis seek to contextualize the important role of civil society organizations (CSOs) and collaborative social accountability approaches in strengthening the response to the COVID-19...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPP) projects and investments around the globe in all sectors. In its first 18 months, the pandemic caused disruptions...
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has impacted infrastructure public-private partnerships (PPP) projects around the globe in all sectors. There were disruptions not only to operational projects, but...
The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic will continue to impact infrastructure projects around the globe in all sectors as supply chains are disrupted, customer demand falls, and health regulations...
A washing, dyeing, and finishing (WDF) factory can recover exhaust heat from gas engines by utilizing the energy to generate steam for process heating. Readymade garment (RMC) factories, where there is...
This series showcases success stories of partnership for cleaner textile (PaCT) partner factories in the Bangladesh textile sector that have implemented cleaner production projects.
Processing operations in the textile industry consume a lot of water. While the mechanical aspects involving spinning and weaving need little water, the wet processing operations use water extensively...
This series provides examples of partnership for cleaner textile (PaCT’s) advisory work with clients to implement cleaner production solutions in the Bangladesh textile wet processing sector.
The textile processing industry, especially washing, dyeing and finishing (WDF) factories, involves major water consumption. This can be significantly reduced by optimizing processes in WDF factories...
If water in a boiler contains high concentrations of dissolved solids, it carries over through the steam produced, which can lead to foaming. This leads to a phenomenon called water hammer, which damages...
Most thermal energy wastage stems from lack of awareness amongst workers and managers, and inadequate upkeep of plants, machinery and auxiliary systems. Lack of monitoring interferes with the estimation...
Mercerizing is an alkaline treatment with caustic soda (NaOH) under tensile strength which can improve the luster and strength of a fabric, giving it a permanent shine. Mercerizing uses a lot of caustic...
Many textile factories realize the embedded costs of water, energy and other resources in the production process. For instance, water is free, but pumping, treating, heating, cooling and/or discharging...
This series showcases success stories of partnership for cleaner textile (PaCT) partner factories in the Bangladesh textile sector, which have implemented cleaner production projects.
Boilers often operate at higher than optimum air levels, mal
Textile and readymade garment (RMG) factories are some of the most polluting industries. Resource consumption and waste generation in the textile and RMG industries are significantly high. It is estimated...
This series showcases success stories of partnership for cleaner textile (PaCT) partner factories in the Bangladesh textile sector, which have implemented cleaner production projects.