Founded in 1992, the Lebanese Association for Energy Saving and for Environment, ALMEE - Association Libanaise pour la Maîtrise de l’Energie et pour l’Environnement - is a non-political, non-profit organization dedicated to addressing a wide range of energy and environmental challenges not only in Lebanon but throughout the Mediterranean Basin and beyond. ALMEE’s primary mission is to enhance, develop, and promote scientific approaches to improve energy management and related economic policies. Key focus areas include:

• Facilitating ecological transition through strategies for climate change impact mitigation and adaptation.
• Advocating for renewable energy sources such as solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower.
• Addressing technical innovations aimed at boosting energy efficiency, including advanced insulation, glazing, modern heating and air conditioning technologies, and sustainable building practices.
• Supporting industrial transitions through techniques like cogeneration, which minimize waste in energy production and industrial processes.
• Promoting effective waste management and the principles of a circular economy.
• Encouraging sustainable transportation solutions.

ALMEE collaborates with a diverse array of partners—ranging from local and regional governments to multilateral institutions, civil society organizations, and private sector stakeholders—to advocate for more sustainable energy and environmental policies. By raising awareness and fostering support for improved management practices, ALMEE aims to inform the business community about the immense growth potential present in the dynamic sectors of energy and the environment.

ALMEE is a founder member of MEDENER, the Mediterranean Association of National Agencies for Energy Management. MEDENER fosters collaboration among agencies in the Mediterranean region that focus on enhancing energy efficiency and promoting renewable energy sources—two essential components for achieving a successful energy transition. Web address: https://www.medener.org/.

As the public becomes more and more concerned about environmental issues, the marketplace continues to reflect changing attitudes, opening up significant opportunities for forward-thinking companies to increase sales and revenues and be good corporate citizens at the same time. ALMEE constitutes an excellent venue to communicate these and other possibilities tied to the use of renewable energy and other means of better and more sustainable environmental practices. 

ALMEE worked on developing proposed mechanisms for green house gases emissions in several projects.

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