GEFF helped a plastic manufacturing company in Lebanon adopt energy, water and resource efficiency measures.

It has been estimated that the plastics processing industry is responsible for 4% of global energy consumption. Thus, energy efficiency interventions in this industry have a large weight on overall emissions.

GEFF loan is helping a Lebanese plastic manufacturing company become more energy, water and resource efficient. To decrease its energy bill, and reduce its dependence on diesel generators, the client decided to install a solar PV system, and replace its existing equipment with more energy efficient ones such as chillers, LED lighting and BMS. It also decided as well to improve its production efficiency, quality, and volume by replacing an old production line with a more energy efficient one. In order to improve the quality of its water effluent the company decided to install a wastewater treatment plant based on MBBR technology.

The project included:

- The Installation of a 517 kWp solar PV system

- The installation of a UPS system and subscribing to EDL

- Upgrading the production lines which will reduce their specific energy consumption

- Installing a more efficient water-cooling system including VFDs on pumps and adopting free air cooling system

- Installing a building management system and replacing existing lighting with more efficient LED lighting

- Installing a water treatment plant based on MBBR technology

The GEFF team performed the project analysis, assessed the potential of energy savings, financial-technical parameters and risks.

The USD 2,795,000 investment allowed the company to reduce the energy consumption by 12,323 GJ per year, resulting in the annual costs savings of USD 425,205. The investment will be repaid out of energy savings in 6.57 years, continuing to generate profit for many years to follow.

The PV system will lead to a reduction of the CO2 emissions by 934 tonnes per year, making a valuable input towards climate change mitigation.