Title :
Investigation of the technical-economic contribution of renewable energy and energy efficiency: Lebanese context
Author :
El-Jamal, G. ; Ibrahim, H. ; Ghandour, M.
Author_Institution :
St.-Joseph Univ., Beirut, Lebanon
Abstract :
Fossil energy is a major problem that disturbs the world. So replacing this kind of energy with another cheapest, harmless and that last forever become a strategic question. A big question still running the minds of the workers and investors in this sector, which type of renewable energy we should apply? At which cost? What will be the payback period and the return on investment? The aim of this paper is to highlight on the reduction of the energy profile for facilities from the Lebanese context by a case study for a residential complex.
Keywords :
cost-benefit analysis; energy conservation; investment; power generation economics; renewable energy sources; Lebanese context; Lebanon; energy efficiency; fossil energy; renewable energy; technical-economic contribution; Biofuels; Biomass; Electricity; Energy efficiency; Production; Water heating; Renewable energy; energy efficiency; payback period; photovoltaic; solar power; wind power;
Conference_Titel :
Renewable Energies for Developing Countries (REDEC), 2014 International Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/REDEC.2014.7038552
