The Mediterranean Renewable Energy Center (MEDREC) and the National School of Engineering of Tunis (ENIT), respectively the coordinator and partner of Med-EcoSuRe, organized a workshop at ENIT on May 9, 2023. The main objective of the workshop was to bring together representatives of higher education institutions, mainly researchers and students, to present the energy renovation process for university buildings proposed by the project in the Mediterranean context. In the first part (conference), the workshop focused on the innovative actions for energy renovation of buildings proposed and implemented, including: energy audits, photovoltaic capacity installed on roofs of approximately 400 kW, a toolbox for designing and planning the renovation process, guidelines for energy efficiency practices in buildings, training and capacity building programs mainly for university energy managers, students and researchers, an online knowledge sharing platform, energy efficiency action plans, to define the estimated energy consumption, planned energy efficiency measures and improvements that the higher education sector hopes to achieve nationally, valorization of research…
The Green Building project, funded under the ENI CBC MED project, was also invited to share how it is possible to minimize the energy consumption of green buildings while respecting current uses and public needs.

Following the conference, a site visit was organized to explore the energy renovation pilot projects being carried out at ENIT. Accompanied by ENIT professors, the participants began with the SMARTNESS microgrid platform for energy production and trading, installed in the QehNa laboratory (Department of Electrical Engineering). The group was also able to observe the roof insulation work on the administrative building. Finally, the ENIT team inaugurated the renovated energy laboratory (Department of Industrial Engineering) with a new electrical installation and a modernized building envelope (plaster, coatings, etc.).