Full Cost Assessment: A Method to Analyse Sustainability of Buildings
Quantifying the sustainability of buildings is a complex and very challenging task.Three interdependent factors: society,economy and environment need to be considered.It requires a systematic assessment of all these three factors for the entire life-cycle of the building.Full cost assessment(FCA)is an accounting method that monetises direct,indirect and external aspects.Since external aspects are considered,FCA provides a systematic approach to monetise the current and future impacts of decisions which may cause environmental and social impacts.The oil and gas industry was the first to apply the FCA approach in their decision-making processes.Recently,applications of FCA have been expanded to many areas such as energy supply,waste management,chemical process,transport system,and urban development.This paper aims to identify the benefits and limitations of FCA on the evaluation for the sustainability of buildings.The concept of FCA,the relevant methods available and the applicability of FCA to buildings are discussed.
environmental product life-cycle assessment affordable housing
Alessandra Akemi YOKOTA Lu AYE Masa NOGUCHI
The University of Melbourne,Australia
国际会议
2017世界可持续建筑环境大会(the World Sustainable Built Environment Conference)
香港
英文
1179-1184
2017-06-05（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）