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Article: Service life of building envelope components: making it operational in economical assessment.
- Article from:
- Construction and Building Materials
- Article date:
- March 1, 2002
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Abstract
Recently, standards and guides have been developed to assess the service life of buildings. During design and operation of buildings, focus is mainly on the cost of constructing and operating the building than on its service life and tools; making service life operational in economical assessments are therefore needed. Development of such a tool is performed after a description of the current standards and suggestions for their improvement. Use of the tool is illustrated by performing an economical assessment, including the effects of service life, on an innovative low-slope roofing insulation system. The assessment reveals that the innovative roofing ...