Sunday, 1 February 2015

PESTEL: TECHNOLGY (Kolade)

-Advancement in power generation technologies

  • EWICON blade-less wind vane prototype created in the Netherlands by TU delf University
  • 15% increase in efficiency over regular panels and 25% increase over domestic solar panels by UNSW solar researchers in Austrailia
-Potential for Innovation

-Increase in the rate of Technology transfer true education systems

-More affordable Technology
  • average cost of solar panels has gone from $76.67/watt in 1977 to just $0.613/watt today
  • the cost of electricity from solar panels is now lower than the cost of retail electricity for most people
-Better communication systems between clients and architects
  • Development of Virtual Reality (VR) technologies by Occulus and Arch Virtual
-Improved and more affordable construction systems
  • Increase in the adoption of Prefabrication 

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