BEIRUT: The an Italian-funded climate change project successfully assuaged the country's electricity and water shortage crisis by installing solar heaters, according to results published Wednesday.
“In a world that is increasingly running low on scarce fossil fuels, investing in new and sustainable energy technologies must be encouraged” said Italian Ambassador to Lebanon Giuseppe Morabito, in a statement released by the Italian Embassy.
The project, titled Mitigation of Climate Change, financed by the Italian government, formally ended during a ceremony which took place Wednesday morning at the Grand Serail, in the presence of Environment Minister Mohammad Machnouk.
Machnouk said the project was an example of balanced local development, a key principle the Environment Ministrystrives to implement.
According to the statement, the initiative cost 1, 000, 000 Euros in total.
The project implemented training courses for Lebanese energy experts, conducted awareness campaigns and installed 66 solar water heaters in public utility buildings all over Lebanon.
As such, the initiative facilitated the delivery of hot sanitary water to Red Cross centers, orphanages, retirement homes, prisons and health care centers across the country.
The benefits of the initiative were not restricted to hot water access, it also contributed to reducing energy demand, a decrease in CO2 emissions and reducing the cost of hot water production.
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