Greenhouses Heating System in Jordan: A Sustainable Approach (GreenHeat)

Al al-Bayt University (AABU) is located on the outskirts of the city of Mafraq , 65 Kilometers to the north-east (about 45 minutes drive) of the capital Amman - Jordan . The university has integrated academic facilities, student housing, and social services on one site, extending over an area of 7539 Hectare. AABU has been established To create an educational, research, pioneering and creative environment in order to fulfill excellence and upgrading in accordance with international standards, to bring about knowledge diversity to achieve sustainable development and future foreseeing, in an environment of moderation, originality and contemporary, to prepare qualified human resources aligned with the needs of the labor market, and to develop leaders who have a global outlook over social, cultural, economic and environmental issues.
AABU is keen to acheive the following goals in avery structured strategy:
1) Build and develop students' competitive capabilities and promote academic programs and study plans.

2) Upgrade the qualitative value of scientific research and postgraduate studies towards national and international standards.

3) Enhance responsibility and dynamism of community interaction and deepen local and foreign relations with local community institutions, universities and international scientific centers.

4) Enhance the use of the resources (human, financial, material, technical, and administrative) and infrastructure and raise their operational efficiency to support academic and administrative work.

Jordan has unique geological attribute enhances the efficiency of a certain renewable energy and makes it a viable and sustainable option for several utilizations. Recognizing the significance of this natural resource, there is a pressing need for extensive research to explore its utilization for heating greenhouses in cold winters. In the last decade, with the global changes of climate, freezing temperature had been recorded in some agricultural areas in Jordan, the needs of heating had been raised in this area. Such situation had a negative impact on the crops in the green houses in these areas. A simple and feasible heating system is in the highest priorities currently. With the applicable and feasible utilization of renewable energy for heating, such crops loss could be avoided and more agricultural improvement could be achieved by keep greenhouse temperature steady and suitable for different crops. The idea of this work is to build a simple heating system in winter using the current thermal waters, which is considered as unlimited supply source for warm water in the area. The idea will be discussed in detail with a researcher group of geologists, hydrologists, mechanical and agriculture engineers. We are looking for partners and a coordinator from EU to lead this guaranteed success project.

Renewable Energy, Thermal Water, Heating System, Sustainability, Food Security, Climate Change

We are looking for partners from all eligible countries, in addition to a leader from EU country.