Ezhilkumar Marimuthu Rajendran

Indian Institute of Technology Madras | IIT Madras · Department of Civil Engineering

This research estimates the amount and pattern of Greenhouse Gas emissions in Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria. Footprint from onsite energy production, transport, gardening and cooking fuels were calculated as major emission sources in university campuses using IPCC’s guideline for assessment and reporting GHG. The calculated annual GHGs...

Green building is one of the concepts that emerged in supporting low carbon development through policies and program to improve energy efficiency, water and increase in use of low carbon technology. Growing awareness of climate change has caused individuals, institutions and business to search for alternatives to reduce their excessive energy consu...

The impact of street geometries on vertical dispersion of PMs (PM2.5 and PM10) in (1) non-street canyon (NSC), (2) street canyon (SC), and (3) street canyon with viaduct (SCV) was studied during four seasons. The chemical composition of the species was analysed for source apportionment. The mass concentration of PMs in canyons was in the order of S...

COVID'19 pandemics has brought a tremendous change in the regular human life style due to the severity of the virus. In addition, a positive impact was observed in the ambient air quality due to complete absence of anthropogenic activities contributing to the air pollutants in the urban sprawl for a short duration because of the lockdown restrictio...

Chemical characterization of particulate matter (PM) measured along trafficked roads in Chennai city was performed during the winter season. Several heights, from 3 m to about 38 m above the ground level, and road geometries were taken into account. The daily average coarse (PM 10) and fine (PM 2.5) particles concentrations were in the range 72-110...

High-rise structures in urban regions create street canyons (SCs), which are hot-spots of air pollution, thereby posing human health risks due to exposure to high concentrations. In this concern, particulate matters (PMs: PM 2.5 and PM 10) were investigated in non-street canyon (NSC), SC, and street canyon with viaduct (SCV) at three heights above...

This paper presents the Carbon Footprint (CF) emission contribution from different activities in an educational institution named Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology (SKCET), Coimbatore. In this study emission source were categorized under three scopes as per the standards of ISO 14064. Among the three scopes, scope 3 i.e. other indir...

Experimental investigations were conducted on vertical dispersion of particulate matters (PM2.5 and PM10)at three street canyons in Chennai during winter 2018. The concentrations of PM2.5 and PM10were increasing vertically in open canyon. However, in closed canyon, trend of PM2.5 and PM10 were increasing and decreasing vertically. On the other hand...

Vertical profiling of fine particles (PM 2.5 ) and coarser particles (PM 10 ) in ambient air was assessed at various heights of two high rise buildings in Chennai – a State capital of India. The exposure to theses particulates by residents of various floors of the high rise buildings was assessed in terms of air quality index and health risk factor...