Strengths | Weaknesses |
- Abundant availability of solar radiation. - Relative availability of other renewable energy sources such as wind. - Rainwater is generally available, and can partially meet the domestic water demand. - Availability of local industry for some sustainable systems such as solar thermal collectors. - Universities and research institutes are of high potential. - Availability of a diverse engineering sector. | - Palestine has many climatic zones, this is a challenge to the design of the green building. - Domestic waste is not recycled or efficiently reused. - Lack of public awareness regarding sustainability and green building concepts. - Absence of governmental intervention and relative legislations. - Inadequate technical capacity. - Unavailability of natural building materials, with the exception of natural stone in the West Bank and sand in Gaza Strip. - Unavailability of sufficient local funds, and weakness of people’s financial capacity. |
Opportunities | Threats |
- Availability of international donors. - Implementing sustainability can be promoted by motivating incentives. - The proposed mass housing projects represent an opportunity to implement sustainability concepts. | - Political instability. - Lack of unity between Gaza Strip and the West Bank. - Israeli restrictions on basic building materials, namely in Gaza. |