The life cycle costing (LCC) approach: A conceptual discussion of its usefulness for environmental decision-making

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 571-580

  Gluch, Pernilla ^a   Baumann, Henrikke ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Building; Construction; Decision support tools; Environmental management; Investment decisions; LCC; Life cycle costing

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INVESTMENTS;

BUILDING INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE COSTING (LCC);

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; CONSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

EID: 1342288507     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.10.008     Document Type: Article

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