Barkha Komal

Barkha Komal is a blogger who writes about the environment, climate, and the atmosphere around us. Through clear, practical articles, she explores topics like air quality, climate change, and sustainable living, making environmental issues easy to understand and act on. Her goal is simple: to inspire readers to care for the planet through small, everyday choices.

Illustration Comparing Cockroach Species, Ant Colonies, And Office Desk Bacteria Levels As Business Pest Risks
Business & Finance

The Unexpected Pest Risks Facing Modern Businesses

Businesses have plenty of responsibilities to manage, from serving customers and supporting employees to protecting inventory and maintaining a professional environment. Pest problems may not always be at the top of that list, but they can create significant challenges when they go unnoticed. Pests can affect cleanliness, damage property, contaminate products, and create an unpleasant...

Barkha Komal 3 min read
Illustration Showing Waste Collection Connected By An Audit Trail To A Certification Stamp, With A Separate, More Tenuous Line Continuing Toward An Unchanged Factory Still Producing Plastic
General

Unraveling Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR): A Crucial Step in Reducing Plastic Footprint and Embracing Plastic Credit

Plastic pollution is one of those problems big enough to feel unsolvable at the individual level. Verified Plastic Recovery (VPR) and plastic credits are a market-based attempt to make corporate plastic responsibility measurable — pay to fund real plastic removal, get a verified credit in return. The idea has real traction, real third-party certification bodies...

Barkha Komal 6 min read
Illustration Of Three Houses Labeled On-Grid, Hybrid, And Off-Grid Solar With A Subsidy Icon
Technology

On-Grid vs. Off-Grid Solar: Which Fits Your Indian Home?

Rooftop solar in India isn’t a one-size-fits-all decision, and the choice that actually matters most upfront isn’t the panel brand — it’s whether your system stays connected to the grid, runs fully independent of it, or does both. Each path has genuinely different costs, different benefits, and a different fit depending on how reliable your...

Barkha Komal 6 min read
Illustration Of A Battery Labeled Cycle Life With Three Factors—Depth Of Discharge, Temperature, And Charge Rate—Feeding From Solar And Wind Sources
Technology

Long Cycle Life Lithium Batteries: The Real Story Behind Renewable Energy Storage

Solar panels don’t generate power at night, and wind turbines don’t spin on command. That mismatch between when renewable energy is generated and when it’s actually needed is the central problem grid operators have been racing to solve for the past decade, and large-scale battery storage has become the leading answer. But not all battery...

Barkha Komal 6 min read
Illustration Of A Home Solar Battery Labeled With Capacity, Power Rating, Safety Certification, And Round-Trip Efficiency
Technology

How to Choose the Right Solar Battery Storage for Your Home

A solar array without storage only works while the sun’s actually shining. The moment it gets cloudy or the sun goes down, you’re back on grid power — unless you’ve paired your panels with a battery that can bank the extra energy for later. Choosing the right solar battery storage is what turns a solar...

Barkha Komal 7 min read