Integrated Life Cycle Environmental and Costing studies are a powerful tool to accelerate investments and drive low carbon design. The Scale Costs feature assists software users to produce more accurate Life Cycle Costing studies, aligned with cost plans. LCA and LCC results will assist in identifying design options with the best environmental performance at the lowest possible cost over the project’s life cycle.

Scaling Costs is applicable to Capital Costs and can be used to adjust Material Costs, and People and Equipment Costs. Changes can be made at the Design level (scale costs for the whole design) or at the Template level (specific component). 

Scale Costs – Design level

 

Scale Costs – Template level

Cost adjustments can be made using the sliding bar or editing the number directly. The back arrow to the left of the sliding scale will reset the costs to the values before adjustments. Note that at Template level, costs can be locked to prevent changes when adjusting costs at the higher Design level.

Project information that relates to operational costs such as energy and water consumption, can’t be adjusted – only capital cost information can be scaled.

It is possible to apply discount rates and inflation rates in order to present future costs at the Net Present Value. Discount and inflation rates can be set at the project level to account for costs surrounding materials, equipment and labour, energy, and water.

 

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