The following example typifies how this search tool would be used:
A new hotel project is on the drawing board for Chiang Mai province and the
project manager is considering the various options available for heating guest
room bath water.
Logically, he first tried the business search and through it located two different
companies supplying well-known brands of electric water heating systems, and another
company supplying a little known gas water heating system. Wanting a wider range
of options he then posted a general trade enquiry.
He received several responses, amongst them one suggesting he consider installing
a solar heating system as a viable alternative. On the surface the idea had numerous
benefits, not least of all the medium to long range cost savings. He was, however,
reluctant to accept the selling company's assurance that the prevailing weather
conditions for Chiang Mai were considered ideal for the use of solar heating systems.
Using the information search tool he contacted Thailand-YellowPages.com staff
and commissioned a researcher to provide 4 hours work (at Baht 600.- or $15 per
hour) locating and compiling the available historical weather data on Chiang Mai
for the preceding 10 years. The researcher submitted a comprehensive report consisting
of graphs and spreadsheets derived from both on and offline sources (government
/ university etc.) Analysis showed that whilst the weather in Chiang Mai would
power a solar heating system, the average hours of sunlight per day and the incidence
of 48 hour periods without sunshine indicated that the city's weather conditions
were only just viable for the running of a solar heating system. The hotel project
manager was encouraged enough to commission a further 4 hours research with the
objective of finding operational statistics for a similar project in a location
with a similar climate elsewhere in the world. The researcher spent an additional
4 hours work (at Baht 600.- per hour) during which time he was able to locate
and obtain 5 year running records for the operation of solar heated water system
in a 100 bed hospital unit in northern India, where historical weather statistics
were very close to those of Chiang Mai.
The hospital in question had found that after two years of operation they needed
to supplement the solar heating system with the intermittant use of an electrically
powered water boiler. The researcher presented his report and in the summary suggested
that if the project manager wanted to pursue the solar heating option he should
employ the services of an alternative energy specialist. The specialist, sourced
through Thailand-YellowPages.com, would put together a report including projections
and costings for the use of a solar heating system with an electrically operated
water boiler system to retain water temperature during periods of limited sunlight
only. The specialists report took 4 hours to complete and cost Baht 6000.
The result was that the project manager opted for a combined solar/electric
water heating system that would theoretically be 3 times as cost efficient as
a standard gas or electric system over a 5 year period of operation.
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