Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chia, Liang Wei
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2009
Subjects:	Architecture Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Science Industrial Engineering Operations Research asphalt roof green roof photovoltaics
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259774301

id	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu1259774301
record_format	oai_dc
spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu12597743012021-08-03T05:57:37Z Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions Chia, Liang Wei Architecture Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Science Industrial Engineering Operations Research asphalt roof green roof photovoltaics In a highly populated area such as university campus, there is limited space available to implement green solution outside the buildings. Roof tops provide opportunities to implement solution that can reduce the net emission of the building operation. However, they might come with a high capital cost and higher life-cycle emissions. By comparing the installation of three different building energy-saving technologies on a roof top of a 6640 ft2 education building located in Midwest area, we found that green roof is the best option of the green solutions considered. Green roof has the least negative net present value that ranges from -$95,423 to -$93,381 and a reduction of 595.16 metric tons of life-cycle CO2 emissions, the highest among the three. For asphalt roof, the net present value ranges from -$103,020 to -$102,730 and reduction of 579.21 metric tons of life-cycle CO2 emissions. Photovoltaic (PV) system is the most costly option. If we assume the efficiency of the PV system increases by 10 percent every decade without adding any capital cost, the net present value will range from -$340,132.17 to -$317,366.04 and the life-cycle CO2 emissions will increase by 605.69 metric tons. On the other hand, if the efficiency does not improve, the net present value will range from -$342,365.46 to -$321,828.95 and the life-cycle CO2 emissions will be 718.14 metric tons. 2009 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259774301 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259774301 unrestricted This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
collection	NDLTD
language	English
sources	NDLTD
topic	Architecture Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Science Industrial Engineering Operations Research asphalt roof green roof photovoltaics
spellingShingle	Architecture Chemical Engineering Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering Environmental Science Industrial Engineering Operations Research asphalt roof green roof photovoltaics Chia, Liang Wei Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
author	Chia, Liang Wei
author_facet	Chia, Liang Wei
author_sort	Chia, Liang Wei
title	Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
title_short	Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
title_full	Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
title_fullStr	Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
title_full_unstemmed	Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions
title_sort	determination of an optimal green solution of an education building based on net present value and life cycle carbon dioxide emissions
publisher	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK
publishDate	2009
url	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1259774301
work_keys_str_mv	AT chialiangwei determinationofanoptimalgreensolutionofaneducationbuildingbasedonnetpresentvalueandlifecyclecarbondioxideemissions
_version_	1719428458958815232

Determination of an Optimal Green Solution of an Education Building Based On Net Present Value and Life Cycle Carbon Dioxide Emissions

Similar Items