600 green mosques in Morocco
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600 green mosques in Morocco

Mon, 2016-09-05 09:43

Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created in Morocco by March 2019 in a national consciousness-raising initiative that aims to speed the country’s journey to clean energy.

If all goes to plan, the green revamp will see LED lighting, solar thermal water heaters and photovoltaic systems installed in 100 mosques by the end of this year.

“We want to raise awareness and mosques are important centres of social life in Morocco. They are a place where people exchange views about all kinds of issues including, hopefully, why renewables and energy efficiency might be a good idea.”

Read the full article by Arthur Neslen - via the Guardian.

[Photo by YoTuT - Flickr]

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