Day: November 1, 2021

A team from the civil engineering department at Hijjawi Faculty for Engineering Technology achieved eighth place in the international contest “Eco Concrete,” to design an environment friendly concrete mix.

The contest was organized by the American Concrete Institute via teleconferencing to design an environment friendly concrete mix, in light of a global trend to use and produce such products.

The Hijjawi Faculty team qualified to the final stage alongside a number of eminent international universities in the civil engineering field. The final evaluation was by a judges commission which included a group of professors and specialized people from different American universities. Participating in the competition were 30 teams from various international universities, of which 13 teams have qualified to the finals.

Faris Matalqa, the team’s supervisor, said the team has designed a number of eco-friendly concrete mixes using coal ash, silica dust, and iron industry remnants. They also wrote a report that showcased the environmental effect, expenses, and life span of the concrete mix by using computerized simulation programs, as well as making a video showing the results analysis mechanism and the environmental effect.

This contest is an opportunity for these students to involve themselves in scientific research related to eco-friendly concrete, modern programs and tools to deal with future challenges in civil engineering, he added.

The Dean of Hijjawi Faculty, Muaffaq Alotoum, lauded the team’s effort, stressing the importance of participating in such international contests to learn new skills to enter the local job market with efficiency.

The American Concrete Institute is an independent institute located in the United States which deals with construction building codes and research related to concrete.

Source: Jordan News Agency

Speaker of the Lower House Parliament, Abdulmenem Aloudat, and Australian ambassador to Jordan, Bernard Lynch, discussed on Monday ways of developing bilateral relations in all fields, especially parliamentary cooperation.

Aloudat stressed Jordanian-Australian ties and called for expanding bilateral cooperation to serve common interests and bring about peace and stability in the Middle East.

For his part, the Australian ambassador said his country values the role Jordan plays to establish peace and stability in the region, noting Jordan’s key humanitarian contribution to the refugee crisis. He also asserted his country’s commitment to offering various kinds of support to Jordan.

Source: Jordan News Agency

HRH Princess Sumaya Bint El Hassan, President of the Royal Scientific Society (RSS), on Monday received the 2021 National Energy Globe Award for a public schools heating project carried out by the RSS.

The Austrian Embassy in Amman and its Commercial Section (ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA) organized the first Austrian Green Tech and Renewable Energy Breakfast. The event included presentations on the Renewable Energy and Green Tech Sector in Jordan and Austria and the award ceremony of the Energy Globe Award.

This year’s winner of the Energy Globe Award in Jordan, the Royal Scientific Society / National Energy Research Centre, implemented a sustainable and outstanding project, which was funded by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources / the Fund for the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Rationalization, the Princess Alia Foundation, and the Ma’an Development Zone.

The project comes within the initiative and directives of His Majesty King Abdullah II to provide an appropriate learning environment for school students across the Kingdom.

During her award acceptance remarks, HRH Princess Sumaya highlighted the benefits of this project, saying: “The project aims to improve the classroom environment by providing appropriate heating and cooling all year round and reducing public schools’ energy consumption, in addition to supporting and encouraging students and the local community to use clean energy and promoting the concept of energy and water management among students and the community, which mitigates greenhouse gas emissions with an estimate of 4,615 tons of CO2-equivalent emissions reduction per year.”

HRH Princess Sumaya also underlined the project’s main activities, including an assessment for all energy-consuming equipment in schools, replacing conventional equipment with higher efficiency ones and installing efficient lighting units in classrooms and facilities.

The Public Schools Heating Project installed efficient air conditioning units to replace old kerosene-based heaters, replaced inefficient bulbs, carried out maintenance of windows and doors, provided solar photovoltaic systems, and installed solar water heaters.

The Austrian Ambassador congratulated the National Energy Research Centre for this achievement and thanked them for their important work. “Events like this one are important to bring Austria and Jordan closer together in the area of GreenTech, circular economy and renewable energy. Working together is the only way to tackle the enormous challenges the world is facing today – including and most importantly climate change,” he noted.

Herwig Neuper, the Austrian Commercial Counsellor said: “The Energy Globe Award is the world’s most renowned environmental prize and has been awarded worldwide since the year 2000. We are happy to award this sustainable Jordanian initiative for a sustainable future.”

Committed people all around the world develop solutions for the most pressing environmental problems of our time like resource scarcity, air and water pollution, erosion, climate change or dependence on fossil fuels. Although these solutions are readily available, they often remain unheard of. Energy Globe gives them a voice and presents them to a large audience to make them visible and encourage others to come up with their own innovative solution.

With more than 180 participating countries, the Energy Globe Award is the most important environmental Award worldwide. Projects from all over the world are submitted, ranging from small and simple initiatives to large scale high-end ones.

Source: Jordan News Agency