Green Essence becomes the first carbon neutral company in Lebanon

Green Essence becomes the first carbon neutral company in Lebanon

2018 has been a great year for Green Essence, our promise of bringing solar to everyone has neven been so close to achieve. To the many customers who benefit already from Green Essence solar solutions, the sun is generous.

Green Essence have been producing its own electricity from rooftop solar since 2011. The challenge to become “24 hours of sun” became real when we switched both heating and transportation to electrical.

During the winter, we decommissioned the diesel boiler and replaced it with new efficient heat pump units, running on electricity to produce the needed heat at the office. Heat pumps use electricity to move heat from one medium to another, with performance factors exceeding 5.0 (500%) in some cases depending on technology.

During the summer, two Renault Kangoo ZE (Zero Emission), pure electric vehicles were added to the fleet. We decommissioned an old minivan running on gasoline. All service calls were attended to using the electric minivans, currently charged at the office premises. It is important to note that the two minivans were the first two electric cars to be registered in lebanon.

All the Electricity used at the office, for lighting, heating, Cooling, and now to charge our fleet is being displaced with solar energy from the roof. Essentially making Green Essence lebanon, a net zero electricity consumer with EDL/EDZ, and a carbon neutral operation.

Green Essence is proud to share this with our local community, being the first to achieve this, as a pilot, and to prove that energy independence is possible.

By switching all consumption to electrical, and using solar to produce the required energy, it is possible for anyone to become energy independent.