AMMAN — The National Energy research Center of the
Royal Scientific Society has won the National Energy Globe Award 2021. HRH
Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, RSS president, received the award on Monday,
according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.
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The Energy Globe Award presentation ceremony was held as
part of the first Austrian Green Tech and renewable energy breakfast organized
by the Austrian Embassy in Amman and its commercial section, Advantage Austria.
The event included presentations on the renewable energy and green tech sector
in Jordan and Austria.
This year's winner of the award implemented a sustainable
and outstanding project, which was funded by the
Ministry of Energy and MineralResources through the fund for the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy
Rationalization, the Princess Alia Foundation, and the Ma'an Development Zone.
The project followed on from the initiative and directives
of His Majesty King Abdullah II to provide an appropriate learning environment
for schools and students across the Kingdom.
During her award acceptance remarks, Princess Sumaya
highlighted the benefits of this project, and said it aims to improve the
classroom environment by providing appropriate heating and cooling all year
round. It also reduces energy consumption, in addition to encouraging students
and the local community to use clean energy.
She said promoting the concept of energy and water management
among students and the local community helps mitigate greenhouse gas emissions,
with an estimated reduction in emissions per year of 4,615 tons of
CO2-equivalent.
The princess also underlined the project's main activities,
including an assessment for all energy-consuming devices in schools, replacing
conventional equipment with higher efficiency ones and installing efficient
lighting units in classrooms and facilities.
The Public Schools Heating Project installed efficient air
conditioning units to replace old kerosene-based heaters, replaced inefficient
bulbs, carried out maintenance on windows and doors, provided solar
photovoltaic systems, and installed solar water heaters.
Oskar Wüstinger, Austrian
Ambassador to Jordan, congratulated the National Energy Research Centre for
this achievement and thanked them for their important work. "Events like
this one are important to bring Austria and Jordan closer together in the area
of Green Tech, circular economy, and renewable energy.
“Working together is the only way to tackle the enormous
challenges the world is facing today, including and most importantly climate
change," the ambassador said.
Herwig Neuper, the Austrian commercial counsellor, said:
"The Energy Globe Award is the world's most renowned environmental prize
and has been awarded worldwide since 2000. We are happy to award this
sustainable Jordanian initiative for a sustainable future."
With more than 180 participating countries, the Energy Globe
Award is the most important environmental Award worldwide. Projects from all
over the world are submitted, ranging from small and simple initiatives to
large scale high-end ones.
Energy Globe Awards gives voice to people working hard to develop
solutions to pressing environmental problems, resource scarcity, air and water
pollution, erosion, climate change and dependence on fossil fuels. The award
presents these solutions to a large audience, make them more visible and
encourage others to come up with their own innovative solutions.
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