Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 1 (continued)
Design uncertainties
Classification
Characteristics
Availability of space
A source of uncertainty is the future availability of space for the installation of NZER equipment. Energy-
renewable installations such as solar panels and wind turbines are critically affected by the space
available for their accommodation, current location of the building, and site layout as discussed below
(Fong and Lee
2012
)
Building location and layout
The existing building location will highly affect the performance of equipment such as solar panels and
other sustainable options. The building location might force building stakeholders to seek off-site
expensive renewable energy sources, which might not always be available through local utilities
(Marszal et al.
2012
; Leckner and Zmeureanu
2011
)
