Life-Cycle Costing for Design Professionals

With the commercial building industry under heavy financial stress, more and more architects and engineers are looking to life-cycle costing-the economic analysis of a building's entire life span-to help stretch the dollar as far as they can. This fully revised and updated edition of the stardard reference supplies an arsenal of economic weapons for constructing, operating, and managing buildings at the lowest cost possible. Everything professionals need to put the latest construction-related strategies to work is right here in one convenient, quick reference guide-including step-by-step methods for selecting the best designs for peak energy efficiency, low materials and construction costs, and cost-effective maintenance... applying the latest economic models for energy conservation... concluding accurate economic risk assessments... financial forecasting using computer spreadsheets... specifying materials with long life and low-maintenance costs... performing economic feasibility analyses... and much more.