Walid El Baba, born in Beirut on September 6th, 1952, is an Electro- Mechanical Engineer from Universite Saint Joseph, “Ecole Superieure d’Ingenieurs de Beyrouth” ESIB (1974) with a specialized degree in Heat transfer and refrigeration from “Institut Francais du Froid Industriel “ IFFI Paris (1975) and Certificate of management from Paris VI Jussieu (1975)
He is the MD of Webco s.a.r.l in Beirut Lebanon (www.webco-lb.com) in continuation with Webco contracting created in 1984 in Beirut-Lebanon; Webco with its specialized engineers and technicians team supplied a lot of technical solutions in Plumbing, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and HVAC applications in many important residential, commercial, hotels, hospitals and industrial buildings
He is co-founder of “Lebanon Green Building Council” LGBC established in 2008 and had served in the following LGBC boards: 2009-2010 as board member, 2011-2012 as Vice President, 2015-2016 as board member, 2019 as Accountant board member; he contributes in lot of LGBC achievements
He is member of the “Lebanese Solar Energy Society” LSES created in 1980; He served as President and board member in 2002-2003, 2004-2005, 2020-2021 & 2022-2023.He has been recently elected as Treasurer of the actual LSES board 2024-2025.
He is senior adviser in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy of the Industrial Research Institute IRI since 2012. And member of the Sustainability and Energy committee at Order of Engineers and Architects Beirut since 2008
He is representing the Lebanese Association of Engineers in the EAMC Engineering Associations of the Mediterranean Countries as Chairman of the Technical committee of Energy& Renewable Energy up to 2022
He is member of the Swiss Business Council –Lebanon SBC-L established in 2007; He served as Secretary General of the Board for the period End 2017-April 2021;