AN INITIATIVE BY: GREEN FUTURE LEBANON

RESPONSIBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY

• Sustainability• Rural Landscape• Green Future• Lebanon Water Resources Background Analysis

– Water Balance– Domestic Water use

• Lebanon Energy Resources Background Analysis– Power Production– Domestic Energy use

• The National CDM Project for Green Building (NAGEB)• Mission, Vision & Value Statements• Stakeholders• Project description• Economic & Environmental Impact• Typical house financials & characteristics

Meeting the needs of the present without

Compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Main challenging factors:Income Growth : increasing consumptionPopulation Growth : fewer resources per head

Source: Our Common Future; Gro Harlem Brundtland

Fewer resources for future generations Fewer resources for future generations due to:due to: Shortage in food and water

with widespread famine and plagues while population is still on the rise

Higher GHG emissions and more abrupt climate change with recurring natural disasters

Photo by: Kevin Carter

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT SEED INVESTMENT FINANCING

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM▪ SOLAR WATER HEATING▪ GREEN SOCIAL HOUSING

GREEN BUILDING & MASTER DEVELOPMENT▪ SOLARIS (I) TOWER▪ MECHREF ECOVILLAGE▪ DEIR ELQAMAR ECOVILLAGE

WASTE TO ENERGY▪ NATIONAL WASTE STRATEGY PAPER (TO BE PUBLSIHED JUL 2012)▪ SELAATA MSW GASIFICATION PLANT

AGRICULTURE▪ ECO-INDUSTRIES (hydroponic agriculture)

SOURCE: THE GREEN PACT RESEARCH 2011

UNDP/ LCEC RESEARCH 2009GREEN ARMS RESEARCH

2007

Precipitation: 8,600

Surface water evapotranspiration losses: -4,300

Surface water flows to neighboring countries: -670Flow to Syria: -510Flow to Israel: -160

Groundwater flow: -1,030Unexploitable groundwater or losses to sea: -

880Losses to neighboring counties: -150

Net potential surface and groundwater available: 2,600

Net exploitable surface and groundwater: 2,000

Current water demand: -2,200

Source: El Fadel, Bou Zaid; 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9496(2002)128:5(343)

Excessive high rate of underground water extraction surpassing natural recharge rate

More than 33,410 private individual wells exploit 250 Million m3

Local water establishment exploits around 1,000 Million m3 with a poorly maintained distribution network

Every 7 to 10 years Lebanon experiences a drought which can last three years or more

Most of the rivers and surface water channels are highly polluted

Most studies agree that the demand will exceed 2,300 Million m3 by 2015

Total Households in Lebanon: 908,000

Water consumed by households (Mm3): 495

Waste water produced (Mm3): 500

Domestic water use in rural areas:Shower and Bath: 30%Toilet flushing: 20%Laundry: 20%Kitchen: 10%General Cleaning: 20%

Water recycling is not very common in Lebanon due to the abundance of water in the earlier years and limited effect of draught

Most villages are not connected to the sewage network but instead individual houses have sewage pits with unfinished walls to allow the liquid component infiltration into the soil and thus reduce the need of frequent sewage removal

Potable water is usually provided from source either as bottled or through private networks within villages but with high shortages during summer and autumn

SOURCE: THE GREEN PACT RESEARCH 2011

UNDP/ LCEC RESEARCH 2009GREEN ARMS RESEARCH

2007

Production Capacity: 1,875 MWActual production: 1,500 MWAverage demand: -2,200 MWPeak demand: -2,450 MWLosses: -525 MW

Technical Losses: -225 MWNon-Technical Losses: -300 MW

Net current power deficit: -950 MWDemand Side required saving: 450 MW

Needed Increase in Production:500 MW (this year)

Source: Policy Paper for the Electricity sector; June 2010)

High technical losses exceeding norms (in the range of 15%) due to deteriorating and poorly maintained distribution network

Non-technical losses due to power theft and un-paid bills by private sector, public sector, Palestinian camps and politically protected institutions

Deteriorating power plants with production way below their peak capacity due to lack of maintenance

Poorly structured tariff does not incite people into taking energy efficiency measures

Most studies agree that the demand will exceed 3,000 MW by 2015

Total Households in Lebanon: 908,000

Power consumed by households (MW): 900

Consumed by rural households (MW): 600

Power usage in a typical rural household:Water Heating: 30%Cooling/ refrigeration: 30%Lighting: 15%Electronics: 5%Other Appliances: 20%

High insulation building envelopes are becoming common in Lebanon but less common in rural areas

Rural areas are most of those hit by power outages especially in critical times (summer and winter)

They are least privileged with alternative sources of power like district generators,…

Most rural residences have private generators which they would use in case of emergencies or dire need

Mission: we will engineer financial Mission: we will engineer financial models through which we can models through which we can harness green technologies to harness green technologies to make it widely affordable to every make it widely affordable to every householdhousehold

Vision:Vision: to act as a catalyst for the to act as a catalyst for the exponential growth in the rate of exponential growth in the rate of adoption of green technology in adoption of green technology in LebanonLebanon

Adopt cutting edge clean technologies exclusively

Support government initiatives as a means of offsetting high technology costs

Be a reliable developer, service provider and advisor

Create long term alliances with stakeholders which outlive project lifetimes

Create enterprise value by properly hedging risks and maintaining growth

Capitalize on the CDM benefits and subsidized green tech interest (NEEREA) to reduce end user price and offer green social housing at an affordable price (i.e. the monthly installment is equivalent to the household rent cost)

Positioning: premium quality systems at a Zero Net Cost

Consumer Promise: Financing model such that monthly installment equivalent

to rent and energy cost Premium quality product with 25 years warranty endorsed

by LCEC (a UNDP entity) Advanced technology and High performance guaranteed by

regular maintenance and monitoring

Reduce GHG emissions by 10,000 tons of CO2/ an

Reduce water consumption by 0.35 Mm3

Eliminate underground water pollution for these new constructions by providing tight septic tanks

Reduce waste water by 0.2 Mm3

Provide access to financing for more than 1,500 low carbon house projects

Assist in the procurement of relevant technologies

Provide technical assistance and supervision

The NAGEB Project will save 15 Gwhr of power generation per year

reduce EDL subsidy by $20 Million yearly

NAGEB Project will save 1,300 hectares of cultivated land and preserve the rural landscape

Reduce urbanization and improper exploitation of land to other economic activities besides farming

NAGEB will offset 120,000 tons of CO2 emissions/ yr

equivalent to removing 5,000 circulating cars out of service

Green Future will provide Green Social Houses at a Zero Net Cost to end users

through BDL subsidized interest financing and CER claim under a CDM model

House Structure (concrete or wood) including roof structure

External wood panel house skin with double glazed PVC windows

Vapor and thermal insulation and Interior/ exterior finishing

LED Lighting with critical power network connected to deep cycle battery power back-up

Regular power network with A-rated basic appliances (Refrigerator, washing machine, stove and oven, microwave)

Central heating system with panel radiators, gas boiler, Solar water heating system and storage tank

Solar PV panels contributing 50 to 80% of power back-up batteries along with energy management system

Septic tank with waste water treatment system

Beneficiary has to own a land of no less than 1,000 m2 with a proper building permit from local municipality

The house footprint should not exceed 150 m2

Household income should not be less than $1,800/ month The beneficiary should contract the building of the project as

per the specifications set by NAGEB and through the approved list of contractors including the following: Land surrounding the project should be leveled and readied for

cultivation with drip irrigation system The house will be built with at least 65% wood from sustainable

forests South oriented windows for passive heating with roof overhang Insulated double walls and PVC window frames with double glazing Roof-top fitted with solar energy systems (PV & water heating) Waste water treatment system Rain water harvesting system with storage tank Energy efficient lighting Water efficient taps and showers

Each municipality will be offered to participate in the project upon signing an MOU through which it will act as a mediator between the households and The Green Pact

For each participating municipality an administrator from within the community will be hired to administer local housing constructions

Technicians from within the community will be hired to do the installation, maintenance and repair of systems. They will be trained free of charge by The Green Pact

Engineers will be hired under the UNDP supervision to conduct quality control, testing and commissioning

Needed interest subsidy for $150 Million of financing (an average of $100,000/ HH)

Subsidy to be sourced through the Public Institute of Housing and the NEEREA loan mechanism

Directly saving $20 million of EDL power subsidy

Indirectly saving $10 million in environmental degradation

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