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100			_aAye, L.
245			_aEnvironmentally sustainable development: a life-cycle costing approach for a commercial office building in Melbourne, Australia
260			_c2000
490			_aConstruction Management and Economics _v18(8) December 2000, 927-934(8)
520			_aA worked example comparing a range of property and construction options using life-cycle costing methodology, using the do-nothing option and a hypothetical option to construct a new building on a ideal site as benchmarks. The key issues discussed include location, commercial viability, ownership and tenure, embodied energy, operating energy and transport energy. The results show that although renovating the existing building has the lowest financial costs the environmental costs are such that the most sustainable option is to build new premises on a suitable site. Includes hypothetical costings and references.
590			_aABS
650			_aCONSTRUCTION PROCESS
650			_aCOSTS
650			_aENERGY _96237
650			_aENVIRONMENTAL COSTS
650			_aLIFE CYCLE COSTING
650			_aOFFICE BUILDINGS
650			_aSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
690			_aBUILT ENVIRONMENT-SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION
700			_aBamford, N.
700			_aCharters, B.
700			_aRobinson, J.
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999			_c65887 _d65887