Awards Ceremony at Order of Engineers and Architects in Beirut, within the Mechanical Week 2024 organized by the 4th branch.
Winners:
1st Prize: USJ - ESIB
2nd Prize: LAU
3rd Prize: ULFG II
LSES allocated a budget of $10,000 to fund 10 (or more) Final year projects FYP, or relevant master topics in the renewable energy among different universities in Lebanon. The initiative also includes financial prizes for the best 3 projects funded through this initiative.
Budget for each project should fall within up to $750 range. This amount should be explicitly dedicated to buying equipment that would be specifically needed for the project in question, and that should be physically available during the project implementation time.
Three prizes of $1000, $750 and $500 have been awarded in cash for the best three projects respectively. A Jury from renewable field specialists, University professors, OEA, IRI and private industries decided on winning participants.
Full details of the project for the year 2025 are in the attached file.
LSES members End of Year Gathering at Smallville Hotel, Beirut
30-12-2024
The ECOTRUCK project funded by ICU aimed to raise awareness among students as well as instructors about pollution reduction, water conservation, energy efficiency, and the use of Renewable Energy Technologies.
First Phase: ECOTRUCK visits to public schools.
The first part of the project, involved six ECOTRUCK trips to eight distinct public schools
A committee composed of LSES members developed two PowerPoint presentations:
- Level 1 presentation for students in grades 7 through 9 who are between the ages of 12 and 15
- Level 2 presentation for secondary school students who are at least sixteen years old.
Student Reactions and Feedback
Here’s a summary of our experience and student reactions during the trips:
Student Reactions
Second Phase: instructors and health educators and health coordinators, online sessions
The project's second phase focused on health educators in addition to teachers in schools.
According to the terms of the contract, 40 instructors from the eight concerned schools were expected to participate in the online sessions: therefore, a maximum of 4 teachers could attend in addition to the health instructor (as requested by the ministry).
In conclusion, each and everyone who attended the sessions - students, school administrators, teachers, health educators, coordinators, and MEHE representatives — provided positive feedback. They all requested that all of the sessions be held again for a larger number of people and institutions in the academic year 2024–2025, given that it was a true success.
As part of its ongoing efforts to contribute to the integration of Lebanese university students into the labor market, particularly in the fields of solar and renewable energy, the Lebanese Solar Energy Society (LSES) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK).
The MoU was signed during an event held at the university campus, which also included a visit to the Center for the Restoration of Ancient Religious Manuscripts.
On behalf of LSES, the MoU was signed by its President, Eng. Walid El Baba, in the presence of Secretary General Eng. Youssef Ghantous. Representing USEK, it was signed by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering, Dr. Joseph Assad, in the presence of Dr. Bechara Nehme, Head of the Electrical Engineering Department.
The Memorandum of Understanding establishes a framework for cooperation between LSES and USEK in several areas, including the exchange of expertise and knowledge, as well as supporting qualified students in gaining practical experience and professional opportunities in the renewable energy sector.
Under the agreement, LSES will support qualified USEK students in participating in training courses organized by the Society and, where possible, facilitate employment opportunities for students within companies affiliated with LSES.
The agreement also provides for LSES to support, as mutually agreed, relevant solar energy projects undertaken by USEK students. In addition, LSES may, with the University's approval, delegate its members and engineers to deliver lectures and technical sessions on solar and renewable energy in response to USEK's needs and requests.
Both parties also agreed to promote and communicate each other's activities through their respective websites and social media platforms, excluding activities of a purely promotional or advertising nature.
Through this partnership, LSES and USEK aim to strengthen cooperation between academia and the renewable energy sector, provide students with greater opportunities for learning and professional development, and contribute to preparing the next generation of renewable energy professionals in Lebanon.
On Wednesday, January 30, LSES had its General Assembly, during which a new board was elected:
Jean Paul Sfeir: president,
Ramzi Abi Said: vice president,
Youssef Ghantous: Secretary General,
Walid El Baba: Treasurer,
Ziad Daou: Accountant
PR: Ahmad houri,
Members: ziad Doumit, Wissam Daou, Mohammad Dayeh, Simon Gerges and Bechara Nehmeh.
Best of luck on your future endeavors and congratulations on the new LSES board.
The project, with a very simple idea and approach without sophisticated technical innovation aspect, consisted in providing the supply and proper operation of 26 portable solar power packs of capacity 1000 Watts with Battery for partial sustainable energy alternative solution using clean energy source (PV solar) to meet urgent local needs of low income families houses, half of the units to be delivered to apartments affected by the explosion of Beirut port, the other half to apartments in Beirut suburbs mainly in marginalized areas .
The project aimed to reduce social and energy poverty by reducing electric bills of beneficiaries and familiarize those families to use sustainable energy source and be aware of solar applications and climate change effects. It aims to limit the effects of the energy starvation on the most vulnerable families which would affect the education of their children, the domestic day to day use of the families including lighting, internet, and refrigerators.
The Solar Power pack will remain the possession of LSES under a “Free Leasing “contract, allowing to control its traceability, proper operation as well as the good use and durable maintenance.
The beneficiaries have been selected according to a specific questionnaire
In addition to the above, the project contributed in engaging the community through following actions:
The duration of the project was of 11 months.
During 4 to 5 months of operation regular technical visits were planned for data collections in order to establish an evaluation document for the future.
This project has also served as a demonstration tool for encouraging the replication of this type of portable packs, with various capacities, at a larger scale within residential buildings all over Lebanon
By implementing such demonstration project in those selected apartments, the use of sustainable solar energy through the energy pack will be:
After receiving the green light for the grant in 2022 the contract was signed mid-January 2023 between LSES and Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Program (SGP) Lebanon implemented by UNDP.
Works were launched under the supervision of Mr. Adnan Melki as national coordinator from UNOPS for all day-to-day matters, and LSES Engineer Ziad Doumit as project manager.
rut Energy Week 2023 activities, LSES has organized a technical session, on September 20th at 3pmn under the title:
at le Royal Hotel - Dbayeh, titled: Building a Robust Water-Energy-Food Ecosystem.
Presenters:
1- LSES Presentation: Action Plan
President Walid El Baba
LSES President
2- Integrated Agriculture Aquaculture for maximized productivity in arid & semi-arid regions
Dr. Yasmine Abdel Makssoud
Senior Technical Manager Cares, AUC
3- Energy and Sustainable Technologies for Modern Agriculture, Understanding the water, Energy, Food, Ecosystem Nexus
Mr. Joe Hawi
Electrical Eng, LEED, AP, CEM, CMVP, PCF, PEM, NABCEP Certified
4- Overhead Agrivoltaics System Case Study in South Lebanon
Dr. Adnan Zein
Solar Energy Specialist
5- PV multiple applications in rural area in a private residence: Success Story
Mr. Hussam Shawa
Technical Manager at Metasol
