Under the patronage of His Excellency the Lebanese Minister of Environment, Mohamad Al Machnouk, the Fourth International Conference for Environmental Technologies, Sustainability and Clean Energy "EcOrient" began on Wednesday, June 3 at "Biel" in Beirut.

 

The exhibition is organized by IFP Group in partnership with the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Paris (CCI). The conference which will run concurrently with the 20th International Construction Trade Exhibition for Lebanon and the Middle East "Project Lebanon 2015", is supported by the Order of Engineers and Architects of Beirut, the Lebanese Solar Energy Society (LSES), the Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation, and the Lebanon Green Building Council (LGBC), as well as the American Society for Heating and Refrigeration - Lebanese branch, and the Arab Sustainability Association.

 

The conference day included four sessions. The first one was on the "National Strategy for Development and Sustainability", the second discussed the topic "Towards a Sustainable Future: Renewable as sustainable energy & cleantech technologies", the third addressed the topic of "Sustainable Energy for All" and the fourth session addressed “Affordable Housing”.

 

At the end of the conference sessions, attendees and participants went on a tour around Project Lebanon and Energy Lebanon Exhibition.