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Petrovic, Bojana. "Life cycle assessment and life cycle cost analysis of a single-family house." Licentiate thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Energisystem och byggnadsteknik, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36901.
Full textByggbranschen svarar för 35% av den slutliga energianvändningen och 38 % av koldioxidutsläppen på global nivå. Europeiska unionen strävar efter att minska koldioxidutsläppen i byggnadsindustrin med upp till 90% fram till 2050. Därför är det viktigt att beakta byggnaders miljöpåverkan. Syftet med denna avhandling var att undersöka miljöpåverkan och kostnader för ett enfamiljshus i Sverige. I studien har livscykelbedömningen (LCA) och livscykelkostnadsmetoderna (LCC) använts genom att tillämpa livscykelperspektivet ”vagga till grav”. Studien visar en stor minskning av global uppvärmningspotential (GWP), användning av primärenergi (PE) och kostnader vid växling från 50 till 100 års husets livslängd. Resultaten visar en årlig minskning med 27% för utsläpp av växthusgaser och med 18% för användningen av primärenergi. Med tanke på det totala LCC-utfallet, när diskonteringsräntan ökar från 3%, 5% till 7%, minskar de totala kostnaderna avsevärt (60%, 85% till 95%). Det noteras att klimatavtrycket, primärenergianvändningen och kostnaderna från produktionssteget/konstruktionssteget minskar avsevärt, medan underhålls- / utbytessteget visar den motsatta trenden när man byter från 50 till 100 års livslängd. Den operativa energianvändningen, vattenförbrukningen och avfallshanteringen är fortfarande nästan samma när man ändrar livslängden. Vidare betonar resultaten vikten av att använda träbaserade byggmaterial på grund av lägre klimatpåverkan från tillverkningsprocessen jämfört med alternativen. LCA- och LCC-resultaten studerades systematiskt och redovisades visuellt. De koldioxidsnåla och kostnadseffektiva materialen och installationerna måste identifieras i ett tidigt skede av en byggnadskonstruktion genom att välja lämpliga investeringsval som kommer att minska de totala miljö och ekonomiska effekterna på lång sikt. Resultaten från denna avhandling ger ökad förståelse för miljömässiga och ekonomiska konsekvenser som är relevanta för beslutsfattare vid byggnation av ett enfamiljshus.
Yang, Shih-Hsien. "Effectivess of Using Geotextiles in Flexible Pavements: Life-Cycle Cost Analysis." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31442.
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Evdokimova, Tatiana. "Life cycle assessment in construction field: A life cycle cost analysis of reinforcement concrete bridge." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2014. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/7371/.
Full textSafi, Mohammed. "Bridge Life Cycle Cost Optimization : Analysis, Evaluation & Implementation." Thesis, KTH, Civil and Architectural Engineering, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-11908.
Full textIn infrastructure construction projects especially bridge investments, the most critical decisions that significantly affect the whole bridge LCC are the early stages decisions. Clearly, it's more beneficial to correctly choose the optimum bridge than to choose the optimum construction or repair method.
The ability of a bridge to provide service over time demands appropriate maintenance by the agency. Thus the investment decision should consider not only the initial activity that creates a public good, but also all future activities that will be required to keep that investment available to the public.
This research is aiming for bridge sustainability, enhance the bridge related decision making, and facilitate the usage of the bridge related feedbacks. The development of a reliable and usable computer tool for bridge LCC & LCA evaluation is the main target.
Toward the main goal, many steps were fulfilled. A unique integrated Bridge LCC evaluation methodology was developed. Two systematic evaluation ways were developed, one for bridge user cost and one for the bridge aesthetical and cultural value. To put these two systematic ways in practice, two preliminary computer programs were developed for this purpose. Today and future works are focusing on developing methodology and preliminary computer tool for bridge agency cost as well as the bridge LCA evaluation. KTH unique LCC evaluation system will enable the decision makers to correctly choose the optimum bridge in the early stages decision making phases as well as any later on reparation method.
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Abed, El-Fattah Safi Mohammed. "Bridge Life Cycle Cost Optimization : Analysis, Evaluation, & Implementation." Thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-36944.
Full textWilde, William James. "Life cycle cost analysis of Portland cement concrete pavements /." Digital version accessible at:, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/main.
Full textChen, Chao, and Yogesh Vishwas Bhamare. "Life Cycle Cost Analysis and Optimization of Wastewater Pumping System." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-255866.
Full textTrevino, Cantu Hector. "Life-Cycle Cost Analysis for Offshore Wind Farms:Reliability and Maintenance.O&M Cost Drivers Analysis." Thesis, Högskolan på Gotland, Institutionen för kultur, energi och miljö, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-217018.
Full textWhite, Bradley A. "Improving life-cycle cost management in the U.S. Army : analysis of the U.S. Army and Commercial Businesses life-cycle cost management." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 2001. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA397642.
Full textTallapragada, Pavan K. "Mechanistic-based performance prediction and life cycle cost analysis tools." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116271787.
Full textSalem, Ossama M. "Infrastructure construction and rehabilitation, risk-based life cycle cost analysis." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/nq39588.pdf.
Full textGuven, Zeynep. "Life cycle cost analysis of pavements : state-of-the-practive /." Connect to this title online, 2006. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1175186260/.
Full textAlborzfard, Nakisa. "Life Cycle Cost Analysis Framework of Green Features in Buildings." Digital WPI, 2011. https://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/etd-theses/10.
Full textSwei, Omar Abdullah. "Incorporating uncertainty in the Life Cycle Cost Analysis of pavements." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/78541.
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) is an important tool to evaluate the economic performance of alternative investments for a given project. It considers the total cost to construct, maintain, and operate a pavement over its expected life-time. Inevitably, input parameters in an LCCA are subject to a high level of uncertainty, both in the short-term and long-term. Under its current implementation in the field, however, LCCA inputs are treated as static, deterministic values. Conducting such an analysis, although computationally simpler, hides the underlying uncertainty of the inputs by only considering a few possible permutations. This suggests that although computationally simpler, the answer from the analysis may not necessarily be the correct one. One methodology to account for uncertainty is to treat input parameters as probabilistic values, allowing the analysis to consider a range of possible outcomes. There are two major reasons as to why probabilistic LCCAs, although recommended, have not been streamlined into practice. First, the LCCA of construction projects is a large-scale problem with many input parameters with a high-level of uncertainty. Second, there is a significant gap in research that statistically quantifies uncertainty for input values. This research addresses the latter point by statistically quantifying four types of uncertainty: the unit cost of construction, quantity of material inputs, occurrence of maintenance activities, and a particular emphasis is placed upon characterizing the evolution of material prices over time. Having statistically characterized uncertainty in the LCCA analysis, the application of the probabilistically derived inputs is illustrated in three scenarios. Pavement alternative designs are derived for a set of traffic conditions in a given location. The results of the analysis indicate the integration of probabilistic input parameters in the LCCA process allows for more robust conclusions when evaluating alternative pavement designs. Additionally, the case study shows treating input parameters probabilistically could potentially alter the pavement selection, and one parameter that greatly influences this is material-specific price projections.
by Omar Abdullah Swei.
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Sahirman, Sidharta. "Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) bridge deck life-cycle cost analysis." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10450/10666.
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Al-Hajj, Assem Nazih. "Simple cost-significant models for total life-cycle costing in buildings." Thesis, University of Dundee, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295224.
Full textSafi, Mohammed. "Life-Cycle Costing : Applications and Implementations in Bridge Investment and Management." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Bro- och stålbyggnad, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-133241.
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Dunn, William Colby. "A more comprehensive life cycle cost analysis of pavement materials alternatives." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/89965.
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Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) is a commonly used tool in analyzing the economic viability of highway construction investments. The initial and life-cycle materials costs associated with highway construction involve a high level of uncertainty and therefore warrant extensive and dynamic cost analysis. These uncertainties derive from extensive materials usage costs. Despite the advantages of implementing a probabilistic approach to cost analysis, many state departments of transportation (DOTs) continue to employ a deterministic model, thereby misjudging, and often altogether neglecting the underlying uncertainty and risks. The goals of this paper are twofold: first, to validate forecasting as a viable method to predict future materials' prices, and second, to explore economies of scale as a potential driver of uncertainty. The paper will then apply these results to a case study methodology, looking at a comparative LCCA of two materials alternative, asphalt vs. concrete pavement designs for two states: Florida and Colorado. Endeavoring in this light, the author has characterized uncertainty in a way that will be comprehensible by practitioners. This research has successfully validated out-of-sample forecasting as a superior method of forecasting materials prices, characterized uncertainty related to project quantity, and delivered results using a relatable case study approach.
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Smith, Jeffrey L. "LIFE-CYCLE COST ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE BRIDGES REHABILITATED WITH CFRP." UKnowledge, 2015. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/ce_etds/33.
Full textSooksmarn, Naroon. "A life-cycle cost analysis of a chromium recycling process system." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1995. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262010-020216/.
Full textFrustaci, Jordan Browne. "Life-Cycle Benefit-Cost Analysis of Safety Related Improvements on Roadways." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6109.
Full textKhurana, Mayank. "A Framework for Holistic Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Drinking Water Pipelines." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/78357.
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Funk, David M. "Life cycle cost/cost-effectiveness analysis of U.S. Army Recruits : high quality versus low quality." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA292719.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Keebom Kang, Katsuaki L. Terasawa. "December 1994." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
Jacobsen, Sofie. "The effectiveness of grouted macadam at intersections. : A life-cycle cost analysis." Thesis, KTH, Väg- och banteknik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-101813.
Full textMunz, Beatrice C. (Beatrice Carol). "Cost analysis of product recovery process in single-use camera life cycle." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11473.
Full textChen, Chen. "Soft Computing-based Life-Cycle Cost Analysis Tools for Transportation Infrastructure Management." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/28214.
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Malhotra, Vaibhav. "Life cycle cost analysis of a novel cooling and power gas turbine engine." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0011865.
Full textFarnum, Phillip H. "The high power device tester addition to CASS : a life cycle cost analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA282956.
Full textRehan, Talal Yaser. "Analysis of Life-Cycle Cost, Properties, and Field Performance of Parking Lot Pavements." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10158413.
Full textAs population and traffic increase, improvements in the paving industry including roadways, parking lots, and sidewalks are desired. Pavements have a key effect on the quantity and quality of rainwater runoff and reserved ground water. More so, regulations towards constructing and paving these new areas are becoming stricter especially in urban areas where available land is becoming limited. Permeable pavements are more common than ever, and are a solution to rainwater runoff, recharging ground water, and reducing the costs associated with treating storm water.
Permeable pavements are available alternative to conventional pavements and are becoming more applicable and more widespread. Unlike conventional pavements, permeable pavements have major obstacles to acceptance and use since there is limited research on these types of pavements, with only a handful of guidelines and properties for users to follow.
This research incorporates two technical concepts on two topic areas. The first topic can be used to assist decision makers, planners, and owners in selecting their pavement type for their intended use by analyzing and comparing the life-cycle cost for four pavement types. Two of these are conventional impermeable pavements: Hot-Mix Asphalt and Portland Cement Concrete and two are permeable pavements: Porous Asphalt and Pervious Concrete. This first topic area will also summarize tables of advantages and limitations for each pavement type. The second topic area of this paper will help initiate guidelines on how to design, mix, batch, place, cure, and test pervious concrete.
Singer, Tanyew. "Wooden Photovoltaic Module Frames : Proof of Concept, Life Cycle Assessment and Cost Analysis." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-454318.
Full textARGYRI, VASILIKI-ROUMPINI. "Life Cycle Cost Analysis for Turnouts : A comparison between straight and bent turnouts." Thesis, KTH, Transportplanering, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-283198.
Full textBrown, Colin Barrett. "Life-cycle Cost Analysis of Nutrient Reduction Technologies Employed in Municipal Wastewater Treatment." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1462979592.
Full textHarajli, Hassan A. "Cost-benefit analysis of microgenerators : an integrated appraisal perspective." Thesis, University of Bath, 2009. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.528171.
Full textBorer, Chris Joseph. "An analysis of the aircraft engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) a life cycle cost approach /." Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA243346.
Full textThesis Advisor(s): Moore, Thomas P. Second Reader: Crawford, Alice. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on April 01, 2010. DTIC Descriptor(s): Aircraft engines, life cycle costs, maintenance, computerized simulation, organizations, costs, aircraft equipment, naval aircraft, reliability, theses, aircraft, cost effectiveness DTIC Identifier(s): Return on investment, engine Component Improvement Program(CIP) Author(s) subject terms: Aircraft engine cost; lifecycle cost; return on investment; engine Component Improvement Program (CIP) Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-113). Also available in print.
Fakhoury, Bashar, and Heba Alhamed. "Life Cycle Cost Based Model For Successful Maintenance Outsourcing Process Case Study." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Technology and Design, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-2200.
Full textThe main purpose of this thesis is to develop a new model which helps the decision maker to rationalize outsourcing decisions based on Life Cycle Cost (LCC) analysis and select the appropriate supplier. The model developed consists of four main phases, as well as a pre-evaluating step, which investigate the organization needs and circumstances. Phase I is an evaluation and calculation phase, it assess whether outsourcing is the right policy to be adopted as a competitive advantage from two perspectives; the strategic evaluation of the outsourcing decision, and the cost savings through the life time of the outsourcing process using LCC. Phase II is supplier's selection; it aims to select the preferred supplier using Multiple Criteria Decision Making (MCDM), as well as identifies performance measures to monitor supplier performance. Phase III is maintain and monitor phase, it aims to keep the process and the supplier under continuous revision and assessment. Phase IV is review phase, it aims to identify if a specified monitored parameter is out of control or at critical levels, and identify the causes. This model contribute in covering the lack in the literature by considering LCC in the outsourcing decision making, as well as providing a structured model that concern about the whole process starting by understanding the organizations need and ends by monitoring and review the outsourcing process.
The model was validated at one Swedish company, i.e. Kalmar Industries in Ljungby assembly unit, in particular, within the maintenance department. The results of the model validation shows that using LCCA, and risk benefits associated, the preferred alternative is to outsource all the maintenance activities related to ventilation system, these activates involve maintenance personnel, spare parts, and third party to monitor and report the process to authorities. Furthermore, based on LCCA and other suggested criteria and using MCDM, ABB Supplier got the lowest score in MCDM i.e. 36.70% (the lowest LCC along with fulfillment of the qualitative criteria).
The main result is that; it is possible to employ LCCA in the maintenance outsourcing process to achieve a strategic model valid for decisions taking over the life length of the process. Consequently, the main recommendation for the case company is to outsource these activities and to transfer it to ABB service supplier.
Asiedu, Yaw. "Life-cycle cost analysis and probabilistic cost estimating in engineering design using an air duct design case study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape4/PQDD_0033/NQ63835.pdf.
Full textDe, Sanctis Clarissa. "Life Cycle Assessment Method for PVC production." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2018.
Find full textHunt, Christopher F. "Cost and benefit analysis for the development of a software information system." Master's thesis, This resource online, 1997. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162009-020123/.
Full textPark, Jaesuk. "Comparative analysis of the VRF system and conventional HVAC systems, focused on life-cycle cost." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/50227.
Full textWiles, Stanley W. "Analysis of life cycle cost concepts and their implementation by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7930.
Full textThe Navy, like many other federal organizations, is being faced with a decreasing budget. One of the Navy's biggest problems is that owning and operating their shore infrastructure is consuming too much of its limited resources. One way to reduce the cost of owning and operating the shore infrastructure is to plan and design facilities with lower life cycle costs i.e. , facilities with components that last longer, cost less to operate, and cost less to maintain. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), as with all federal agencies, has been directed to perform economic analysis based on Life Cycle Cost (LCC) concepts on all Navy facility projects. However, in a recent study, NAVFAC found that a majority of their facility project areas were not using LCC concepts when conducting economic analysis. This paper will: (1) provide a brief introduction to life cycle cost concepts and economic analysis; (2) introduce NAVFAC and its role in the facility planning process; (3) summarize current federal policies regarding facility planning and LCC concepts; (4) summarize NAVFAC's report concerning the status of LCC in the planning process; (5) analyze and make recommendations to two main issues hindering NAVFAC use of LCC
Krus, Christopher James. "Analysis of life cycle cost methods for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in hospitals." Thesis, Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/37781.
Full textThe purpose of this research was to evaluate the current body of knowledge relating to life cycle costing of heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems (HVAC) systems in hospitals. Life cycle cost (LCC) is the total cost of procuring, designing, owning, operating, maintaining, and disposing of a building over its useful life (including its fuel and water, energy, labor, and replacement components), determined on the basis of a systematic evaluation and comparison. Both government and private hospitals were studied. Hospitals have several characteristics that made them useful to consider. They are: typically owned by either goverments or large corporations, regulated as a class, not solely driven by profitability or return on investment, financed over the long-term by bonding or taxes, expected to have long service lives, not likely to change building use and functions over time, often procured through processes open to public scrutiny, and operated by decision makers who are not facilities specialists. Evaluation of life cycle costs is important because the true costs of ownership of a facility are much larger than the initial construction cost investment. Initial cost is typically the subject of intense scrutiny during design and planning and HVAC systems represent significant portions of the initial cost of a facility and consequently involve significant design choices and trade-offs.
Karim, Hawzheen. "Road Design for Future Maintenance : Life-cycle Cost Analyses for Road Barriers." Doctoral thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Vägteknik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-5474.
Full textAhn, Yong Han. "The Development of Models to Identify Relationships Between First Costs of Green Building Strategies and Technologies and Life Cycle Costs for Public Green Facilities." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26252.
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Kennedy, Christopher J. "A logistic life cycle cost-benefit analysis of power quality management in the avionics repair facility." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1998. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA346903.
Full textThesis advisor(s): Katsuaki L. Terasawa, Keebom Kang. "June 1998." Includes bibliographical references (p. 75-76). Also available online.
Hout, Lay. "Decision-Making Model for road planning based on Life Cycle Cost analysis of roads and bridges." Thesis, KTH, Byggvetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-271849.
Full textSeat, Conor Judd. "Crash Severity Distributions for Life-Cycle Benefit-Cost Analysis of Safety-Related Improvements on Utah Roadways." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6875.
Full textWhatley, Melvin B. "Life-cycle cost-benefit analysis of green roofing systems: the economic and environmental impact of installing green roofs on all atlanta public schools." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39623.
Full textLudvigsson, Rebecka. "Life Cycle Costing in the evaluation process of new production lines." Thesis, Linnaeus University, School of Engineering, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-101.
Full textThe purpose of this thesis is to develop a Life Cycle Cost model that could be used for investment, budgeting and comparing alternatives. An evaluation of existing models concluded that there was a need for a model that was easy to use and understand but in the same way economical and technical complex. Theoretical and empirical information was gathered in accordance with the purpose and made a base of the model. The model highlights operative, energy and maintenance costs. A case study to test the model has been carried out and selected company for this has been Swedwood International AB which is a part of IKEA. Swedwood currently works with pay back calculations which could lead to wrong decisions during the life length of the investment. The developed LCC model was tested on different techniques for applying an edge on a substrate. The result of the report is that the user will have a clear and structured overview of an investment during its economical life length. A final investment decision demands further tests and evaluations, for example technical test and MCDM. Further researches for the LCC model could be to investigate if the model lacks any critical aspects that should be included. A recommendation for Swedwood is to follow up the developed standards for collecting data at the factories in order to facilitate when investigating for new techniques and comparing between investment options.
Syftet med examensarbetet är att utveckla en livscykelkostnadsmodell som kan användas vid investeringar, budgeteringar och jämförelser. Efter en utvärdering av tillgängliga modeller konstaterades det att behov fanns för en modell som var ekonomisk och teknisk avancerad men ändå användarvänlig. Teori och empiri insamlades i enlighet med syftet och bildade en grund för modellen. Modellen belyser speciellt kostnadsaktiviteter så som operativa, energi och underhållskostnader. En fallstudie för att testa modellen har genomförts och fallföretaget var Swedwood International AB som är en del av IKEA. Swedwood arbetar nu med payback kalkyler vilket kan leda till fel beslut sett till hela investeringens livslängd. Den framtagna LCC modellen testades på olika tekniker för att applicera en kant på ett arbetstycke. Resultatet av rapporten är genom att använda modellen får man en klar och tydlig översikt av alla kostnader under en investerings ekonomiska livslängd. Ett investeringsbeslut kräver ytterligare tester och utvärderingar så som tekniska tester och MCDM. En fortsatt utveckling av modellen kan vara att undersöka om den saknar någon kritisk del som ska var inkluderad. En rekommendation till Swedwood är att följa upp de centralt utvecklade standarder på fabrikerna så att alla samlar in data på samma sätt, vilket skulle underlätta vid implementering av nya tekniker och vid jämförelser av investeringar.
Nosrati, Kamyar. "Substation Reliability Analysis Using PSS/E." Thesis, KTH, Electromagnetic Engineering, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-48118.
Full textWilliamson, Gregory Scott. "Service Life Modeling of Virginia Bridge Decks." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/26594.
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