Morocco’s mosques are going green in an effort to improve efficiency, promote renewable energy and create business opportunities around energy-efficient technologies. The first phase of a government-led, four-year project is expected to install energy-saving lights, and to use solar panel systems to generate power, heat water and provide air-conditioning in places of worship. The eco-friendly project, done as a collaboration with the German government, will be first undertaken in 600 of the country’s estimated 15,000…
Hundreds of mosques are going green in Morocco in a renewable energy push
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