Sustainable Construction and Logistic Sources

SUSTAINABLE
CONSTRUCTION AND
LOGISTIC SOURCES

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
PART A...........................................................................................................................................1
i. Describing four different types of renewable energy sources..................................................1
ii. Presenting sustainable challenge within production stage of project......................................2
PART B...........................................................................................................................................4
i. Explaining procurement and productivity of different resources, supply chain and
purchasing process.......................................................................................................................4
ii. Identification of different risk and dealing with those risk.....................................................6
PART C...........................................................................................................................................8
i. Application of active or passive system for the shopping centre project.................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Sustainable construction is the practice through which healthy environment is created by
complying with ecological principles which are conserve, reuse, recycle, protect nature, create
non-toxic and high quality. In the same way, current report is also shed a light upon sustainable
projects and different practice associated with a project. The report is based upon the project in
which project manager wants to build shopping center whose duration is 36 months and client
also wants to minimize its negative environmental impact. For that report will discuss different
types of renewable energy sources for project and examine the challenges which a project
manager faces during production stage. Also, study will explain procurement and productivity of
different resources, supply chain and purchasing process. Further determine the risk associated
with project during production stage with dealing options and lastly it recommend the suitable
option that helps to implement any tool that do not cause any negative impact.
PART A
i. Describing four different types of renewable energy sources
The four different types of renewable energy sources for the project are as mentioned
below:
Solar energy: It is one of the best renewable resource in which energy is directly
consumed through sun. While building shopping mall, project manager may install Photovoltaic
system that assist to convert sunlight into electricity. On the other side, solar hot water systems
are also used to heat buildings, as a result, in UK most of the residential buildings are also uses
this energy sources in order to minimize the electricity bill as well as energy cost (Different
renewable source of energy, 2020). These system changes sunlight into electricity through solar
panels and converted into usable electricity by inverter that helps to provide electricity directly
from sun. Thus, project manager may use this system as a renewable energy source that assist to
protect environment from negative impact.
Wind energy: It is another source of clean energy which also contribute towards
environment. Recently, most of the project manager uses this type. Such that it is considered a
form of solar energy because of uneven heating and cooling of atmosphere cause winds. The
flow of wind is captured by wind turbines and then converted the same into electricity. This type
of energy is used for both small and big scale business such that for commercial grade, wind
power generating systems are available to meet the renewable energy sources (Sher and et.al.,
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2020). In the same way, to build the shopping center, project manager may also install this
system in order to generate energy.
Geothermal energy source: Another renewable source in which heat can be captured and
the heat collected can be used to generate electricity. This type of energy is used to heat
structures such that buildings, parking lots and sidewalks. In addition to this, geothermal energy
is a part of commercial utility energy solution on a large scale which is a part of a sustainable
practice on local level (Gamez and et.al., 2017). In the same way, for building shopping center,
there is a need to use this source of energy which in turn help to grow greenhouse plants so that
it will not cause any negative impact upon environment.
Hydroelectricity energy: It is another renewable energy source which is used to generate
electricity. Such that large dams and reservoir are created that helps to create controlled flow of
water and it is considered more reliable than solar. Project manager may use this source of
energy in order to produce electricity in which it won’t pollute the air like power plants that
further burn fossil fuels like coal and gas (Poudyal and et.al., 2019). Therefore, this source of
energy is also beneficial for project manager in order to develop best outcome and as a result,
sustainable products are used that helps to meet the demand as well.
Therefore, from the above four option, it is analyzed that these four options are quite
beneficial for project manager and did not cause any negative impact upon environment. Also, it
is easy to install such plants that assist to reduce energy cost and protect environment from the
same. As the cost of the project is also not so big and that is why, generating energy from these
sources are more beneficial as compared to other ones.
ii. Presenting sustainable challenge within production stage of project
There are many challenges which a project manager faces while developing a new
building and these challenges are related to sustainability. Some of them are as mentioned
below: Capital cost: as per the economic perspective, capital cost is considered one of the major
issue that may affect the overall building brand image. Normally, to invest money for
normal building is easy, but for sustainable buildings, it is not easy to invest such a huge
amount. Hence, it is analyzed that due to lack of accurate, quantifiable information with
regards to financial and economic impact of high performance buildings (Schwerhoff
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