ESMES
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Energy Smart Mediterranean Schools Network

About the project

The energy trends in the Mediterranean region are characterized by the growing demand for energy, fossil fuels dependence, high CO2 emissions, etc., with negative consequences on the environment. Buildings are responsible for a significant part of the total energy consumption, causing 36% of CO2 emissions. In this context, increasing the energy performance of the building stock has a key role to play in the transition to a smarter, renewable-intensive and decarbonised energy system and, in the longer term, to a climate-neutral economy. ESMES project will specifically focus on the optimization of energy consumption in public schools through innovative, monitoring-based renewable energy and energy efficiency (REEE) pilot actions. At the same time, the project will improve the capacity of 5 public institutions in order to implement innovative energy rehabilitations. 

Key information

ESMES
Energy Smart Mediterranean Schools Network
B.4 Environmental protection, climate change adaptation and mitigation
B.4.3 Energy efficiency and renewable energy
Italy, Jordan, Spain, Tunisia, Lebanon

Financial data

3.3 million
Total budget
2.9 million
EU contribution
%
10%
Project co-financing

Highlights

Project in numbers

6
Partners
5
Countries
6
Technical outputs

Project duration

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Partnership

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Videos

What will be improved?

ESMES intends to contribute to increased awareness and better energy habits in schools, through practical training in REEE delivered to 8,000 students. On the economical level, it is expected to save € 30,000 /year through the return of REEE investments. Finally, the project should save 240 CO2 tons/year, 270,000 kWh/year from RE and 30,000 kWh/year through energy efficiency. 

Who will benefit?

  • 44 schools, of which 10 addressed by REEE rehabilitations 
  • 50 energy and education decision-makers 
  • 37,000 school users, both staff and students
  • Universities, research centres, NGOs and SMEs in the field of sustainable energy
     

Expected achievements

  • 1 contest among 34 schools to reduce energy consumption
  • 5 national energy-efficiency hubs set up
  • 5 strategies to support efficient and cost-effective energy mix in schools buildings
  • 10 energy rehabilitations implemented in public schools in Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Italy and Spain and certified through energy performance certificates
     
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ESMES partners share their results to improve energy efficiency in Mediterraenan schools’ buildings

This workshop was part of the institutional capacity building for sustainable energy policy making and rehabilitations management.

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ESMES in Tunisia organized a small-scale event to celebrate the closure of the schools contest on sustainable energy behaviours!

The main objective of the schools' contest is to raise awareness in the educational sector of the im…

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ESMES in Spain closed project activities and the school contest with a small local event with schools!

School contest main objective is to raise awareness on the importance of sustainable energy behaviours at school.

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ESMES in Lebanon organized a small scale event to celebrate the closure of the schools contest!

The schools' contest raised awareness in the educational sector on the importance of assuming sustainable energy behaviours.

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ESMES in Spain concluded the energy rehabilitation works at The Miquel Burguera Special Education Center in Sueca!

The Miquel Burguera Special Education Centre in Sueca has moved closer to energy self-sufficiency following the implementation of an energy …

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ESMES in Spain updates the National Energy Hub members with the project activities with a the third newsletter!

The newsletter is showcasing the energy rehabilitation works carried out during the last twelve months of activities at IES Bernat Guinovart…

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ESMES closes its project showcasing the energy rehabilitation of public schools in 5 Mediterranean countries!

The students of 35 schools in 5 countries were trained on energy efficiency and are more aware about the savings that can be done in public …

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ESMES in Lebanon organized the Second National Energy Hub and engaged in a discussion on the technical challenges in the energy sector!

The hub provided a chance to showcase the ESMES-implemented activities for renewable energy and energy ef…

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ESMES in Spain concluded the energy rehabilitation at a high school

The high school has benefited from interventions that reduce its energy consumption as much as possible, and cover most of its electricity demand with renewable energies.

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ESMES in Jordan organized the third National Energy Hub

During the meeting, the stakeholders were reviewing the monitoring driven rehabilitation case study regarding energy efficiency.

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ESMES in Jordan organized an opening ceremony for concluding the rehabilitation works at Madaba Secondary school

Moreoever, ESMES in Jordan trained more than 300 students, 30 teachers in 9 schools, and 30 engineers from the Ministry of Education on rene…

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ESMES in Tunisia organises a conference on energy transition in public buildings

It was an occasion to exchange knowledge and experience and work together on the policy-oriented output envisaged in Institutional capacity building for sustainable energy pol…

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ESMES in Lebanon is launching a tender for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency interventions for two public schools!

LCEC, The Lebanese Center for Energy Conservation is launching a tender to implement Solar PV Systems with Battery Storage and Lighting Retr…

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Tunisia: ESMES launched a contest in 9 public schools

These schools were invited to submit of following 3 outputs: - Advertising spot - Educational handmade maquette - Awareness campaign The competition will close at the end of April 2023, with a ceremony to …

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ESMES in Jordan awards a school so that it can improve its energy efficiency

The 10th School for girls in Aqaba will benefit from the installation of LED lighting, high efficiency air conditioning among others.

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ESMES in Jordan advances in REEE of three schools

ESMES team in Jordan have shown the JTS the successful work that has been done in the Madaba technical school, from the installation of smart meters for electrical consumption monitoring, to the recent installa…

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ESMES in Jordan announces the winner for the school's contest!

ESMES in Jordan announces the 6 public schools that participated in the contest on "energy efficiency" as winners, considering their high-quality performance.

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ESMES in Spain: School Energy rehabilitation in La Ribera County!

The CPEE Miquel Burguera school of the Sueca municipality will benefit from the energy rehabilitation by ESMES in Spain!

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ESMES in Tunisia: key stakeholders met for the first Energy Hub!

Improve the lighting, reduce air conditioning and increase photovoltaic panels are among the measures to improve energy efficiency in public buildings.

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ESMES project is looking for a communication manager

Deadline to submit CVs: Sunday, 10th July 2022

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ESMES in Italy announces the winner for the school's contest!

Alcamo: At the Citadel of Youth, the award ceremony for the works of the Energy Teams from the schools participating in the ESMES project on energy efficiency!

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ESMES project is looking for a communication manager

Deadline to submit CVs: Thursday, April the 14th

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ESMES in Italy launched the "Schools Contest" among 6 public schools!

The School Contest's objective is to raise students' awareness on the importance of sustainable energy consumption

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ESMES in Jordan is launching a tender for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency interventions

GJU is launching a tender to install PV systems, air conditioning units, LED lighting retrofit and building maintenance in three Jordanian P…

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ESMES in Jordan organized a training about the use of an online platform on energy consumption

This one-day training was a good opportunity for participants to share their own experience and learn form each other to overcome difficulti…

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ESMES partners share their best practices and technical aspects on energy management in public schools

The workshop focused on the procedures for public school rehabilitation management and designing adapted photovoltaic system.

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ESMES in Jordan awards a grant to a school in Aqaba

The “10th school for girls” in Aqaba has been selected as the best proposal and will be granted 60.000 € to implement Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (REEE) measures.

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ESMES in Lebanon is launching a tender for Photovoltaic systems installation

Three bids for the installation of on-grid solar PV systems with battery storage in 4 schools. Deadline: 17th December 2021

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Jordan: ESMES key stakeholders meet for the Second National Energy Hub!

The German Jordanian University hosted the second meeting of the Jordan National Energy Hub, resulting in a great exchange opportunity that saw the participation of a wide var…

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Jordan: ESMES project is looking for a project officer

Deadline to submit CVs: Thursday, September 23rd 11:59 pm (Jordan Time)

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Lebanon: ESMES launches first visual art contest in schools on energy efficiency

Teams from 5 public schools in Lebanon will compete to spread awareness about renewable energy through art.

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Jordan: ESMES accepts data collection systems to proceed with the installation in selected schools in Jordan

ESMES team visited the factory to perform the “Factory Acceptance Test” to perform the last step of verification before installing the data …

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Spain: ESMES announces winner of school's contest

The contest to achieve highest energy saving was among 9 schools in La Ribera county in Spain

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ESMES project to launch call for proposals for the energy rehabilitation in public schools

4 sub-grants will be awarded to the best energy rehabilitation projects for public schools in Italy, Spain, Lebanon and Tunisia.

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Jordan: ESMES discussed rising challenges facing electrical grid operators in Jordan

ESMES discussed the challenges being faced by Irbid District Electricity Co. due to the increased penetration of photovoltaic systems on the electrical grid

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ESMES is working on customizing photovoltaic equipment to optimize energy consumption in public schools

Several meetings were held with pioneering companies in the region to identify the most suitable innovative strategies to photovoltaic desig…

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Jordan: ESMES is looking for a project engineer

The deadline for applying is on Tuesday July 6th 2021 11:59 pm.

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Spain: ESMES trains a team to monitor energy consumption in their school

The energy team consists of selected students and teachers in the school to be in charge of monitoring energy consumption and take part in planning actions to decrease energy …

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ESMES Lead Beneficiary is looking for a project coordinator

Deadline for submitting applications is Wednesday 30.06.2021 11:59 pm Jordan time.

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Jordan: ESMES launches pilot initiatives on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Solutions (REEE) in three schools

The objective is to test a portfolio of REEE solutions, its cost-effectiveness and replicability potential.

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Jordan: ESMES signs contract for energy monitoring activities in 9 public schools

The systems will be installed to monitor and share electricity consumption in selected public schools.

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ESMES is preparing school contest for better energy efficiency in Italy

The main objective of the schools' contest is to raise awareness in the educational sector of the importance of assuming sustainable energy behaviours.

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ESMES sets ground for developing strategies to achieve suitable energy mix in public schools in Lebanon

In an effort to develop a national strategy and investment plan procedure to achieve a suitable energy mix in public schools of Lebanon, ESM…

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Tunisia: ESMES accepts installation of energy monitoring systems

The systems were installed to monitor energy consumption and share data collected among project partners.

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ESMES project holds training sessions in view of energy competition among public schools in Lebanon and Jordan

The objective of the competition is to decrease the energy consumption of selected public schools through building students' capacities…

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Jordan: ESMES is looking for an engineer

Deadline for submitting applications is 13.03.2021.

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Energy efficiency in schools: first ESMES meeting with key stakeholders in Jordan

Hub members had the opportunity to exchange ideas on how to achieve energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions in public schools in Jordan.

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Tender Relaunch for ESMES: Data Acquisition Systems - Jordan

The deadline for submitting offers is Wednesday February 27th at 12:00 pm, Amman Time.

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ESMES: energy efficiency contest among 9 public schools in La Ribera, Spain

The main objective of this contest is to raise awareness in the educational sector of the importance of assuming sustainable energy behaviors.

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Tender Announcement for ESMES: Power Consumption Data Acquisition System

The deadline for submitting offers is Friday September 25th at 14:00 Spain time.

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Tender announcement for ESMES: External Auditing Services for Verification of Expenditure in Jordan

The deadline for submitting offers is Monday, September 14th 11:00 pm Amman Time.

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Tender announcement for ESMES: Energy Monitoring Equipment for schools in Lebanon

The deadline for submitting the offers is Monday 5 October 2020 at 2.00 PM, Beirut time.

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Tender Announcement for ESMES: Power Consumption Data Acquisition System

The deadline for submitting offers is Monday 17 August 2020 at 13:00.

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Lebanon: launching of the National Energy Hub under ESMES project

The Energy Hub provides room for knowledge exchange and cooperation among stakeholders and decision makers in the field of energy rehabilitations in public schools.

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11 February 2020
ESMES: the idea behind a project on energy efficiency in schools of the Mediterranean area

The project will optimize energy consumption in 10 schools across Italy, Jordan, Spain, Tunisia, Lebanon.

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20 November 2019
Energy efficiency in public schools: ESMES project is ready to start!

ESMES focuses on the optimization of energy consumption in schools across Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Tunisia and Spain.