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Pay Now or Pay Later: Controlling Cost of Ownership from Design Throughout the Service Life of Public Buildings

This brief presentation of the principles of life-cycle cost analysis is intended as background for the committee's report. Readers seeking a complete discussion of the topic should refer to the ...
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Plastic’s life-cycle costs overwhelmingly fall on poor countries

As plastic production has skyrocketed over the past several decades, wealthy countries have benefited enormously — from increasingly lightweight, affordable products, for example. The full social and ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Pay Now or Pay Later: Controlling Cost of Ownership from Design Throughout the Service Life of Public Buildings

The idea that life-cycle costs can be controlled and minimized has wide appeal, but life-cycle cost analysis has not been consistently applied in the design and management of buildings. A variety of ...