Abstract:
The four requisites are essential for humans which include food, clothing, shelter, and medicines. They are a basic vital requirement of human beings, particularly, shelter or housing. To build unconventional and outstanding houses is challenging. Using new technology is a tool that can be applied for common facilities in a housing estate, e.g. lighting system, roads, walkway, park, trees, playground, leisure club, swimming pool, entrance arch, etc. For the above reasons, the author desire to study the worthiness of the solar power system for the housing estate project. This study aims to evaluate the value of applying the solar power system in a common area of housing estate projects in the development process of housing estate projects by finding the information with an in-depth interview from housing estate developers. The information on the value of selecting solar power in the common area in the housing estate development obtained from the interview is 1. The study of the applicability of the project must consider the clients' age. The new generation clients will have a particular concern about energy conservation. 2. It is a strategy and strength of marketing management for clients who are interested in energy saving. 3. No direct impact on budget management. 4. The design and allocation of the common area are beautiful and appropriate with solar power application and suitable for use. 5. No effect on the duration of construction management because it can be done together with another process. 6. Liaison with a government agency will not affect work acceptance nor allocation certificate issuance and construction permit but it needs to request permission to use solar power in a building along with regular electric power. 7. For procurement, there may be some impact on the contractor procurement which depends on the procedure of each company. 8. For pricing, the pricing may be higher and the selling is faster for big projects but the selling may be slower for small projects since the clients have no interest in solar power. 9. After-sales service: Using solar power in a common area will reduce the maintenance fee so the fee will be lower than the competitors fee.