EWB-NDU organized in partnership with SEEDS a lecture on green building design and LEED certicifactes entitled "Introduction to LEED & Building Performance Simulation”. The lecture was given by the Managing Director of SEEDS Eng. Mario Saab.

The lecture included the following topics:

1.         Introduction to Green Buildings & LEED

2.         Sustainable Strategies and Energy conservation measures (Site, Energy, Water, Materials & Indoor Environmental Quality)

3.         Case Study: Building Performance Simulation

4.         Overview of LEED-aiming buildings in Lebanon

The conference took about 50min and was followed by a 40min discussion between doctors, students and Mr. Saab over a small buffet.

The participants were from different fields including architecture, civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering students, in addition to the chairperson of the mechanical department attended the conference along with 3 doctors from the engineering department.