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Incorporating Externalities And Uncertainty Into Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, Alec C. Danaher
Incorporating Externalities And Uncertainty Into Life-Cycle Cost Analysis, Alec C. Danaher
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Executive Order 13514 requires federal agencies to consider economic and social benefits and costs when evaluating projects and activities based on life-cycle return on investment. The generation of energy used by federal facilities imposes social externalities, most notably air pollution, upon society. This research utilized the social costs of carbon dioxide, oxides of nitrogen, and sulfur dioxide to develop a probabilistic life-cycle full-cost analysis tool for the analysis of energy efficiency projects. The tool was then used to investigate the effects of incorporating social externalities and uncertainty into life-cycle cost analyses of energy efficiency projects. Calculation of the social benefits …
Analysis Of Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design® Construction In The Air Force, James M. Rozzoni
Analysis Of Leadership In Energy And Environmental Design® Construction In The Air Force, James M. Rozzoni
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The Air Force uses the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system as a third party verification system to ensure sustainable and resource-conscious facilities. The Federal Government has implemented several mandates in recent years that require certain milestones be met for energy reduction, water conservation, renewable energy use, and so forth. This research aims to determine how the Air Force has implemented LEED through credit analysis, and to better understand why LEED is being used in this way. Using a database of 172 military construction projects, the research evaluates the frequency of credit usage individually and by category. …