Environmentally sustainable development: a life-cycle costing approach for a commercial office building in Melbourne, Australia
Series: Construction Management and Economics ; 18(8) December 2000, 927-934(8)Publication details: 2000Subject(s): Summary: A worked example comparing a range of property and construction options using life-cycle costing methodology, using the do-nothing option and a hypothetical option to construct a new building on a ideal site as benchmarks. The key issues discussed include location, commercial viability, ownership and tenure, embodied energy, operating energy and transport energy. The results show that although renovating the existing building has the lowest financial costs the environmental costs are such that the most sustainable option is to build new premises on a suitable site. Includes hypothetical costings and references.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Journal article | London Journal article | ABS63394 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 110529-1001 |
A worked example comparing a range of property and construction options using life-cycle costing methodology, using the do-nothing option and a hypothetical option to construct a new building on a ideal site as benchmarks. The key issues discussed include location, commercial viability, ownership and tenure, embodied energy, operating energy and transport energy. The results show that although renovating the existing building has the lowest financial costs the environmental costs are such that the most sustainable option is to build new premises on a suitable site. Includes hypothetical costings and references.