TIDE has over the years worked on 85 projects experimented with 54 different ideas for technology generation and dissemination large percentages of these are in the areas renewable energy and environment. TIDE has developed expertise in development and dissemination of biomass combustion devices used by small informal industry sectors in south India. In some of the industries like ayurvedic medicine preparation, coconut drying, rubber band making, spice and fish drying, area boiling, tobacco curing, silk reeling etc., TIDE has collected data to show that these interventions have lead to CO2 emission reduction of over 180,000 tons. The textile industry in Tamil Nadu has not been a focus of TIDE?s attention but it has developed and field-tested designs of stoves that would reduce firewood consumption in this industry sector. The goal of the project is to create a sustainable mechanisms for the reduction of GHG emissions from textile processing units by developing and installing fuel efficient stoves and solar water heaters in the small scale textile bleaching, dying and sizing units.