Cost factors in Zero-Carbon Technologies Applied in Buildings: Nigeria’s Perspective

Samuel EKUNG; Victor OHAMA; Melvin TİOKPAT

doi:https://doi.org/10.29187/jscmt.2020.52

Makale detayları

Cost factors in Zero-Carbon Technologies Applied in Buildings: Nigeria’s Perspective

Yazarlar:

Samuel EKUNG | Victor OHAMA | Melvin TİOKPAT

Yayıncı:

Yildiz Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

İnşaat mühendisliği

Dergi:

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.484-493

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000501364

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2458-973X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29187/jscmt.2020.52

Özet:

 

The integration of renewable energy technologies in buildings across Africa is low. Enormous improvements to intrinsic cost
drivers affecting their affordability are therefore prerequisite to achieve diffused adoption. In a search for the relevant
strategies to improve the adoption of these technologies, this paper appraised critical cost factors inhibiting the affordability
of solar photovoltaic (PV) in Nigeria. The research adopted a structured questionnaire survey administered to 480
stakeholders in the building sub-sector and PV value chain. Data reduction tool (factor analysis) determined the components
of principal factors critical to the affordability of PV in the research environment. The result showed that the dearth of local
competencies, lack of skilled labour, lack of research, lack of locally accessible technologies, high cost of maintenance,
foreign exchange fluctuation, and inflation are important drivers of PV costs that must improve to facilitate PV integration in
buildings. The strategies to improving PV adoption must stimulate affordability by mitigating technical and economic cost
factors. The study recommends strong government incentives using waivers on tariff, education and awareness, training in
requisite skills, and local manufacturing of components as prerequisite drivers needed to improve affordability.

Makale detayları

Cost factors in Zero-Carbon Technologies Applied in Buildings: Nigeria’s Perspective

Yazarlar: Samuel EKUNG | Victor OHAMA | Melvin TİOKPAT

Yayıncı: Yildiz Technical University

Ana Başlıklar: İnşaat mühendisliği

Dergi: Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.484-493

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2020

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000501364

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2458-973X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29187/jscmt.2020.52

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Samuel EKUNG | Victor OHAMA | Melvin TİOKPAT

Yayıncı:

Yildiz Technical University

Ana Başlıklar:

İnşaat mühendisliği

Dergi:

Journal of Sustainable Construction Materials and Technologies 2020 Vol.5 Issue 2, pp.484-493

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2020

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000501364

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2458-973X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29187/jscmt.2020.52