UN-Habitat, Embassy of Poland sign project to provide renewable energy solutions for Civil Defense and Beirut Municipality premises

UN-Habitat, Embassy of Poland sign project to provide renewable energy solutions for Civil Defense and Beirut Municipality premises

NNA - The Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Lebanon and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) signed an agreement to implement renewable energy solutions to support and reinforce the operations of public facilities in Greater Beirut.

The project will target two Civil Defense centres located in Beirut and Furn El Chebbak and the Municipality of Beirut. The project was inaugurated at the Municipality of Beirut by the Polish Ambassador to Lebanon, Mr. Przemys?aw Niesio?owski, the Governor of Beirut, Mr. Marwan Abboud, and Head of UN-Habitat Lebanon Country Programme, Ms. Taina Christiansen.

Contributing to the Lebanon Response Plan, the project entitled ldquo;Improving the ability of public facilities and institutions to better respond to emerging needs and emergencies in Greater Beirut, through strengthened operational capacityrdquo; will supply and install photovoltaic systems to generate constant and reliable energy supply to the selected institutions, ensuring the continuity of their essential operations and services to the community.nbsp;

The design of the systems will be based upon detailed technical assessments of each establishment, accompanied by an energy audit, followed by implementation.nbsp;

ldquo;The Lebanese Civil Defense serves thousands of people. Each and every day brave volunteers risk their lives helping the needy and vulnerable.rdquo; said Mr. Przemys?aw Niesio?owski,