Life-Cost Approach to Building Evaluation

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.