CES-MED Publication EN-final 2018-WEB

Lebanon
Kab Elias
A pilot
Green City
Global Strategy of the SEAP
The target of the SEAP’s implementation is to mitigate carbon
emission by 26% with a total reduction of 17,269t CO2 by 2020.
The Municipality of Kab Elias – Wadi Ed Delm, motivated by the
CoM, is very keen to see the city developing towards sustainability
and to actively take part in reducing its GHG emission and
shifting into a low carbon economy.
Kab Elias has set out to transform its energy supply – consumption
system and upgrade its infrastructure, towards improved
economic efficiency and better social and environmental conditions
for its residents and to accommodate the refugees, whose
number equals that of the population itself.
The city’s vision of the future is to build a “Sustainable Pilot City”
applying a low-carbon approach while meeting growing energy
demand; preserving the city’s unique culture, while ensuring a
sustainable economic future and a clean environment
To help move forward with the city’s vision, Kab Elias –using the
SEAP as tool - plans to tackle greenhouse emissions in all sectors
and implement a number of initiatives, including
• Develop green energy and creating related jobs;
• Promoting EE and RE sources;
• Investing in public transport and improving infrastructure;
• Build livable communities;
• Reducing electric demand through conservation and smart
grid technology.
Overall results of the Baseline Emissions
Inventory (BEI)
• Consuming Sectors: The residential sector contributes the
most with an overall consumption of 64%, followed by the
transport sector (29%).
• Emitting Sectors: Residential (66%) and transport (23%)
are the sectors contributing the most in the greenhouse
gas emissions, and therefore the main areas where actions
should be realized.
• Municipal assets’ emissions: The municipal lighting is responsible
for approximately 44% of the sector’s emissions,
followed closely by municipal buildings contributing with
42%, since the municipal fleet’s contribution is very small
(14%). It is along these axes that the municipality can implement
exemplary actions in terms of GHG emission reduction.
Actions and results
• While several actions can only be approximated, the implementation
of all actions is possible to achieve by 2020 a
26.0% reduction in GHG emissions compared to the baseline
scenario.
• Total emissions avoided based alone on the actions included
in the plan are 17.269 t CO2 eq / year.
SEAP Priority projects and costs in Euros
The Municipality has included in its actions the following sectors:
• Municipality buildings/equipment/facilities;
• Drinking Water;
• Public Street Lighting;
• Solid Waste Treatment;
• Water Waste Treatment;
• Local Renewable Energy Production;
• Residential Buildings;
• Tertiary Buildings;
• Transportation (Municipality Fleet, Private).
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