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Tool Development for Life Cycle Cost (LCC) of Wooden Building Envelope
Journal of Sustainable Architecture and Civil EngineeringThe main goal of this study is to provide a platform for LCC calculation rules for timber buildings that comply with the Standards EN 16627:2015 and EN 15643-4, by employing a refined technical service life estimation. The database includes economic data for the building envelope and structural elements at the product level.
Roja Modaresi, Magnus Landaas
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Life cycle costing: an alternative selection tool [PDF]
In today’s complex business environment, both raising and application of fund becomes so costly. Thus, business needs to take a wise decision of investing funds in fixed facilities, which at one side consumes a lot of costly fund and on the other, set ...
Parvez, Mahbub, Shil, Nikhil Chandra
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Integrating Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Sustainable Maintenance of Historic Buildings
BuildingsThis study examines the strategic use of life cycle cost analyses (LCCAs) in the management and conservation of heritage sites, emphasizing the need for comprehensive financial planning.
Eduard Hromada +4 more
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Biorefineries in decentralized environment : Review [PDF]
, 2016 As a result of food production and processing, considerable amounts of by-products are generated resulting in the need for finding appropriate alternative uses for this material. At the same time there is a need to move away from the use of non-renewable
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Environmental and Economic Benefits of Waste Heat Recovery as a Symbiotic Scenario in Sweden
EnergiesThis study pioneers a combined Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) evaluation of an industrial symbiosis (IS) case involving waste heat recovery from a pulp and paper mill to a tomato greenhouse in Sweden.
María Dolores Mainar-Toledo +5 more
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Life Cycle Assessment Practices: Benchmarking Selected European Automobile Manufacturers [PDF]
With the rise of environmental concerns in the general public, re-appropriated by influential politicians, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has become a widely used set of tools for the management of all impacts on environment by industrial products.
Jean-Jacques Chanaron
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LIFE CYCLE COST (LCC) OF UNIVERSITY BUILDING MAINTENANCE: A SYSTEMATISED REVIEW
PLANNING MALAYSIAAn effective maintenance management is predominantly important for university building, but commentators advocated it is more important for the maintenance strategies to be designed based on the efficient use of capital and resources. Commentators pointed out there has been a critical demand to improve the traditional building maintenance policy that ...
Mohd Fairullazi Ayob +4 more
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SustainabilityThe growing need for sustainable and resource-efficient materials increasingly promotes the use of block-glued laminated timber (glulam) in buildings and civil structures such as bridges. While timber is renewable and sustainable, the formaldehyde-based adhesives commonly used in glulam raise environmental and health concerns. This study addresses this
Candela Pedrero Zazo +2 more
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Briefing Note 1A - Life-Cycle Costs Approach: Costing Sustainable Services [PDF]
, 2011 This briefing note uses an accounting framework, the life-cycle costs approach (LCCA), to explain the main cost components for water and sanitation in rural and peri-urban areas. The briefing note explains the building blocks used in the LCCA, then shows
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A statistics-based aggregation method for life cycle sustainability assessment
Discover SustainabilityCurrently, two main approaches are used in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), the comparative and the integrated approaches. Comparative approaches employ multiple indicators and visualizations to assess LCSA, whereas integrated approaches ...
Feri Afrinaldi, Pramadana Agsha
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