Solar water heating system in Libyan buildings
Solar energy is a clean and abundant energy resource that can be used to supplement several energy needs. Solar energy can be utilized as a form of heat, such as solar water heating, and as electricity, such as solar photovoltaic. Solar water heating systems are commonly referred to in the industry...
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9570/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9570/1/ISA_ALI_ALMUKHTAR.pdf |
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| Summary: | Solar energy is a clean and abundant energy resource that can be used to supplement
several energy needs. Solar energy can be utilized as a form of heat, such as solar
water heating, and as electricity, such as solar photovoltaic. Solar water heating
systems are commonly referred to in the industry as Solar Domestic Hot Water
systems. The challenges (increasing demand for energy, sustainable development,
low competitiveness, reducing environmental impacts) and the opportunities (value
added, job creation, transfer of knowledge and technology acquisition) that North
African countries are experiencing today in this field, call for collective action across
the whole region, oriented towards tangible results, including Libya faces challenges
in providing energy in light of the continuing power outages. The objectives of this
research are to identify the current practices of solar water heating system in Libyan
buildings, to identify the factors that hinder the application of solar water heating
system in Libyan buildings, to suggest on the application of solar water heating
system in Libyan buildings. Questionnaires were used to collect the data from
contractors and consultants in the construction industry. Ranking and analysis of
variance (correlation) were used to analyse the data collected with the use of version
21 SPSS. It was found that the application of renewable energy in construction
project is very low. However, the factors that hinder of solar water heating system in
Libya were lack of consultant's initiatives, lack of financial commitment, and lack of
commitment design team, lack of government interest to promote solar water heating
system and high tax on solar energy by government. The result of this finding
implicate that the construction industry in Libya need to improve its approach in
using solar water heating system by understanding its current practices and finding
ways to solve of the factors that hinder. |
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