Summer a pain in the neck? Don’t let the heat tie you down

Shed your tie and save power. Confused? That is the first reaction that Dhiraj Shrinivasan, founder of the ‘No Tie Campaign', usually gets.

“India is a country where the climate becomes extremely hot in summer,” explains Dhiraj, who works with the technology department of a foreign bank at Nariman Point. “In such sultry weather, it becomes a necessity to lower the temperature of the air-conditioner. This leads to increased carbon emission and consumes a large amount of power."