Town Planning and Operating Costs of Residential Areas (ASTA II)

摘要

The research, which deals with operating costs of residential areas, is one part of a comprehensive Finnish research series concerning the impact of town planning on the economy of residential areas. The first phase examined building costs of residential areas. In the research, operating costs include annual energy and maintenance costs and transportation costs in residential areas. The main emphasis is on energy consumption and costs caused by it. There are town planning solutions which, by raising the quality of a residential area, simultaneously lower its operating costs. Some solutions can raise the quality without significant changes in costs. In some cases it is possible to cut down costs without lowering quality. Solutions which raise the quality while increasing costs should be considered bearing in mind the long duration of the built environment. (Copyright (c) Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (VTT) 1989.)