Whole life costing for sustainable building / Mariana Trusson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Trusson, Mariana, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Building--Cost effectiveness.

Building.

Sustainable buildings--Maintenance and repair--Cost effectiveness.

Sustainable buildings.

Life cycle costing.

Cost effectiveness.

Physical Description:

viii, 143 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"Whole life costing is now integral to building procurement both for new buildings and major refurbishments. It is key when assessing investment scenarios for estates as well as individual buildings, and has become a tool for justifying higher capital cost items. Standard whole life costing methods combine capital cost, facilities costs, operational costs, income, and disposal costs with a "single action - single benefit" approach . In contrast, the unique appraoch used by the authors of this book explains how to analyse the operational and facilities costs of a building, while also taking into account secondary and tertiary costs of a variety of actions, for example: - the secondary effect of low energy lighting to cooling and heating loads - the multiple benefits of increased insulation - the effect of building orientation to the operating costs of the building - how design decisions affect occupant comfort The reader will be shown how to incorporate this new method of whole life costing into standard cost models, increasing their accuracy. Written by a team of authors immersed in whole life costing throughout their professional lives, this is the most practical guide to the topic available"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Trusson, Mariana, Whole life costing for sustainable building

ISBN:

9781138592582

1138592587

9781138775558

113877555X

OCLC:

1110128298