In this context, almee is involved in many activities, programs, studies and projects with:
- dg xvii (ec) synergy program framework: energy and environment in the city.
- unido tss1 project relative to monitoring of atmospheric pollution in lebanon.
- undp & unep projects umbrella of gef and the application of montreal protocol in lebanon related to the cfc issue.
- ademe (france) with whom almee has signed an agreement of co-operation in the energy and environment fields : dsm project in zouk / byblos (jbeil), educational project « liban precieux - planete precieuse » , energy efficiency in transport, etc........
- metap program of the world bank related to the environmental issues in lebanon: air, water and waste.
- european bureau of environment (ebe-brussels), wwf (barcelona), mio-ecsde (athens), cedare (cairo), enda (tunisia), weaa (washington dc), cme (london) and energy-city (besancon).
- unesco (paris) in the framework of the world solar summit program (wssp) for developing the domestic hot water solar system in lebanon.
- agence internationale de l’energie (aie- paris) for preparing the energy balances in lebanon.
- apur (paris) for establishing the environment atlas of beirut.
- ffem (paris): energy efficiency in building project.
- cres (athens) for establishing the energy gis in the mediterranean countries.
- weea (washington) for the creation of escos network.
- iepf (quebec) in the prisme framework (programme international de soutien a la maitrise de l’energie).
- uitf member (union des ingenieurs et des techniciens utilisant la langue francaise).
- medener founder member (mediterranean association of the national agencies for energy conservation).
- climate change enabling activity project in lebanon: member of the national coordinating committee and team. Prepared the mitigation energy part of the project.
- prisme member (programme international de soutien a la maitrise de l'energie).
- member of the co-coordinating committee for the “climate change enabling activity project” in lebanon.
- Member of the mitigation technical team for the “climate change enabling activity project” in lebanon.
- Member of the "lebanese environmental development
Observatory ledo" in order to set up indicators for lebanon on energy and climate change.
- prepared and edited so far 20 bulletins as well as many brochures on the ozone issues, energy saving, renewable energy, energy auditing, state of the energy in lebanon and others. Also almee is issuing 2 newsletters each year.
Executed projects:
- mediterranean energy information network project (synergy program) for the european commission-synergy with cres (greece).
- energy policy dialogue: dg17 project with the
European commission and the lebanese government as subcontract from hagler bailly consulting.
- how to develop energy services companies (esco"s) in the mediterranean partners project (synergy program): a project developed with idae spain.
- meda « euro mediterranean energy policy training
Network ”: a project developed with the university of athens-epu.
- Prepared and implemented the “liban precieux - planete
Precieuse” project by lecturing on the rational use of energy and renewable energies (ademe/alme project) (1997).
- Prepared a developed study on the pollution of waste water in the industrial region of zouk mosbeh (15 km north of beirut).
- participated in the preparation of a study related to the « pollution of water in al-awali river ».
- participated in the preparation of a study related to the « potentials of hydroelecticity in the litani river ».
- Prepared and implemented the 1,5 million euros french gef project “energy efficiency in building-byblos/zouk operation”. This project includes a part on water consumption in the building sector in general and domestic hot water consumption in particular.
- worked on a meda regional project with the medener network “application of thermal solar energy in the mediterranean basin”.
- participated on a regional project (synergy program) with the medener network “cdm-anvimar: analysis of viability of the clean development mechanism in the mediterranean area”
- Worked on a meda regional project with the consortium decon (germany), bceom (france), ceeta (portugal) and enereco (italy) “reform of the legal and institutional energy sector framework”.
- Worked on a regional project (synergy program) with idae (spain) “energy and urban environment in the mediterranean countries”.
- participated on a national environmental impact assessment project “study on the pollution sources of the industrial zone of zouk mosbeh city: air, water and solid waste”.
- worked on a regional project (synergy program) with the national technical university of athens – epu “business opportunities for cdm project development in the mediterranean”.
Almee is involved as well in the ozone depleting issues since 1992 :
- principal coordinator in the ministry of environment and member of the national committee working on the country program on the ozone depleting substances for phasing out cfcs.
- Prepared and implemented a bilateral cooperation project with afd-france concerning the reconversion of the commercial refrigerators manufacturers in lebanon to non cfcs users.
- Prepared and in the process of implementing a bilateral cooperation project with afd-france concerning the installation of a network for recovery and recycling of cfcs, including training of technicians to the techniques of recovery and recycling of cfcs.
- Prepared and implemented a bilateral cooperation project with gtz-germany titled: training in improved operations, service and maintenance for refrigeration decision makers and technicians working with hydrocarbons as a substitute to cfcs.
- Assigned since 1993 by the ministry of environment to represent lebanon in lot of international and national workshops and seminars related to the ozone issue.
- Represented lebanon to the regional training course on Aerosol conversion to non cfcs substitute held in amman, jordan in 1993
- Represented lebanon to the round table discussion on knowledge sharing for ods phase-out held in washington dc, usa in 1994.
- Represented lebanon to the first regional focal points meeting for the ods officers network/west asia held in bahrain in 1997.
- Since 1993, attended many seminars and meetings with International agencies such as undp, unep, unido and “caisse francaise pour le developpement” in order to prepare the country programme and many project proposals for phasing out cfcs in lebanon.
- Prepared and implemented a bilateral project with gtz-Germany on "customs officers training project for lebanon on ozone depleting substances ” (october 2000).
Ongoing projects:
- Eu inco project: react
Self-sufficient renewable energy air-conditioning systems for mpc.
- Eu inco project: distres
Promotion and consolidation of all rtd activities for renewable distributed generation technologies in the mediterranean region.
- Eu inco project: hypa
Euro-mediterranean renewable energy partnership
-Eu inco project: solatherm
Promotion of a new generation of solar thermal systems in the mpc
- Eu inco project: sustenmed
Dissemination of sustainable energy technologies in the mediterranean basin
- Eu inco project: ramses
Renewable energy agricultural multipurpose system for farmers
- Eu programm on energy and nuclear safety
- L'impact de la pollution de la centrale electrique de zouk avec l'ademe
- L'audit energetique dans les municipalites avec l'iepf