Langston Life-Cost Approach to Building Evaluation

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-135-39270-3
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten

Life-cost approach to building evaluation comprehensively addresses in a reader-friendly, accessible way the fundamentals of life-cost studies in the built environment. It includes the time-value of money, discounted cash-flow analysis, differential price-level movement and affordability fluctuations. Contemporary issues such as occupancy costs, sustainability implications and value adding are also addressed. Replete with illustrations and examples, this innovative book provides a holistic approach to evaluation that integrates life-costing to broader social and environmental criteria.Important features include:- presentation materials to facilitate face-to-face and online learning - review questions- worked tutorial exercises, and- example examination papers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Langston, Craig

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Bauingenieurwesen Baukonstruktion, Baufachmaterialien
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Mikroökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Architektur: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

•A Total Cost Approach•The Time Value of Money•Discounted Cash Flow Analysis•Life-Cost Planning•Life-Cost Analysis•Change in Worth•Real and Equivalent Value•Life-Costing in Practice•Occupancy Costs•Sustainability Implications•Adding Value•Holistic Project Appraisal•Life-Cost Calculations