Life-Cycle Costing Manual for the Federal Energy Management Program: A Guide for Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy Projects for New and Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings and Facilities

摘要

The manual is a guide to understanding the life-cycle costing method and an aid to calculating the measures required for evaluating energy conservation and renewable energy investments in all Federal buildings. It expands upon the life-cycle costing criteria contained in the Program Rules of the Federal Energy Management Program and is consistent with those criteria. Its purpose is to facilitate the implementation of the Program Rules by explaining the life-cycle costing method, defining the measures, describing the assumptions and procedures to follow in performing evaluations, and giving examples. It provides worksheets, data tables, and other computational aids for calculating the required measurements.