Techno-economic assessment of solar water heating systems for sustainable tourism in northern Pakistan

• Main Authors: Arif, Muhammad Naveed, Waqas, Adeel, Butt, Faaz Ahmed, Mahmood, Mariam, Khoja, Asif Hussain, Ali, Majid, Ullah, Kafait, Mujtaba, M. A., Kalam, M. A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2022
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/32721/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

This study is designed to examine the feasibility of the solar water heating (SWH) system for sustainable tourism in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) of Pakistan and a tourist resort is taken as a base case. Hot water demand, solar irradiance and economic feasibility are the key parameters considered to invest...