Digital Applications

Digital Applications group is a dedicated team focused on design and development of digital tools and platforms to support clean energy transition, clean air, climate, environment and sustainability. We are committed to leveraging data and digital technologies to improve efficiencies and scale outcomes.

Group Head

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Ashwin K R

Our Impact

Building Digital Tools for a Sustainable Future

We build web & mobile applications, computational tools and utilities to enable clean energy transition, clean air and climate resilience. We follow user-centered design principles and agile methodology to test and build digital products that can be configured for deployment at a city, state and national scale. The computational tools that we build use advanced analytical models to simulate different scenarios, answer research questions and support decision making. We build data management systems to store and manage data efficiently. We develop web applications that inform stakeholders and help them make better decisions. We also engage and collaborate with the broader ecosystem to build open digital tools and platforms for population scale impact.

Contribution to the< span>Grand Challenges

We provide digital solutions that enable researchers and other stakeholders to shape outcomes in clean energy transition, clean air and climate action for a secure, sustainable society. A few examples of the tools developed include Rooftop Solar Explorer to estimate solar potential of rooftop, AirNet to visualize air quality data & trends and Climate Risk and Vulnerability tool.

Ongoing Projects

Nature-based solutions for climate ad...

AFARI estimates the energy, emissions, and resources impl...

Ongoing Projects

Sustainable Think Tanks

The Sustainable Think Tanks project documents the transfo...

Ongoing Projects

SANITECH – A platform for Integ...

CSTEP developed SANITECH, a decision-support tool, to fac...

Ongoing Projects

Sustainable Urban Planning Strategies...

CSTEP developed SANITECH, a decision-support tool, to fac...

Past Projects

Solar Energy–Based EV

CSTEP’s pilot study in collaboration with the state-run B...

Past Projects

CSTEM PV 2

The Version 1 (V1) (which can be accessed here) of the CS...

AI and Digital Platforms

Project Management System (PMS)

Project Management System for CSTEP is a tool to manage p...

Strategic Studies

E-Bus Depot Electrification Planning ...

E-Bus Depot Electrification Planning And Operational Tool...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

CREST Bengaluru

CSTEP's Rooftop Evaluation for Solar Tool (CREST) accurat...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

CSTEP’s Solar Techno-Economic Model (...

CSTEP’s Solar Techno-Economic Model (CSTEM) for photovolt...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

Solar Technology and Application Atla...

Solar Technology and Application Atlas for India (STAAI) ...

Renewables and Energy Conservation

Rooftop Solar Explorer Tool Madhya Pr...

CSTEP’s Rooftop Solar Explorer Tool Madhya Pradesh accura...

Energy and Power

GIS-Based Energy Audit Tool

GIS-based energy audit tool accurately maps feeders with ...

Energy and Power

Bihar Power Transmission Visualisatio...

Bihar Power Transmission Visualisation Portal is an onlin...

Climate, Environment and Sustainability

SAFARI

SAFARI estimates the energy, emissions, and resources imp...

Air Quality

CSTEPs Emission Inventory for 76 Cities

CSTEP, with assistance from 12 other Institutes of Repute...