Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE) at Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) has been selected as a partner in one of C4C projects titled: “Alternative energy and renewable resources for public and residential building in Abasan Al-Kabira (SUNBUILDING)”. The project partners, besides CERE, are Abasan Al-Kabira municipality (The Applicant), Life Power Company for Renewable Energy (Hayat Gaza), Geres (a French NGO), and The Renewable Energy Research Center at University College of Applied Sciences (UCAS). The project will be implemented in the period from January 2022 to December 2025 and will be coordinated by Dr. Talib Al-Rayes, Head of Research and Projects Lab in the Faculty of Engineering, IUG.
This project comes within the Climate for Cities (C4C) program, which aims to implement the concrete projects included in the Sustainable Energy and Climate Action Plans (SECAPs), that previously prepared by the municipalities affiliated with the Clima-Med project, funded by the European Union and under the supervision of the Ministry of Local Government.
The global objective of C4C is to contribute to sustainable human development by promoting a transition towards greener and climate-resilient cities in the Southern Neighborhood, in line with countries’ commitments under Paris Agreement, and making optimum use of climate finance instruments.
The overall objective of SUNBUILDING project is to develop renewable energy use in public buildings (e.g. water facilities, schools, clinics etc.) and some residential building in marginalized group, and promote energy-efficient behaviors while supplying Abasan Al-Kabira with electricity based on solar energy instead of fossil fuels by using the natural solar potential.
The full deployment of the SUNBUILDING project will lead to renewable energy production of more than 9,1 million KWh or 1,200,000 EUR per annum in the whole area.