BLCC-NIST Building Life-Cycle Cost Program, Version 5.0

Published

October 1, 2000

Author(s)

S Fuller, A Boyles, Bruce R. Miller

Abstract

The BLCC5 Building Life-Cycle Cost Program provides economic analysis of projects for which both initial capital costs and future operational costs need to be considered. The program is useful for evaluating the long-term costs and savings of energy and water conservation and renewable energy projects in federal buildings, whether the projects are agency-funded or financed. Economic performance is measured using the American Society for Testing and Material's (ASTM)standard life-cycle cost method combined with the energy conservation criteria required by DOE/FEMP according to 10 CFR 436 and Executive Order 13123. The program calculates Life-Cycle Cost and supplementary measures of cost effectiveness, such as Net Savings, Savings-to-Investment Ratio, Adjusted Internal Rate of Return, and Simple and Discounted Payback Periods. The program also reports annual and life-cycle energy savings and emission reductions for an energy-saving alternative compared wiht a base case.BLCC5 has a windows-based graphical user interface and contains an on-line help manual. It is programmed in JAVA and uses an ml file format.

Citation

Electronic Publication

Pub Weblink

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.html

Pub Type

Websites

Keywords

alternative financing, building economics, cost effectiveness, economic performance, energy conservation, life-cycle cost analysis, present-value analysis, renewable energy projects, water conservation

Citation

Fuller, S. , Boyles, A. and Miller, B. (2000), BLCC-NIST Building Life-Cycle Cost Program, Version 5.0, Electronic Publication, [online], http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/information/download_blcc.html (Accessed October 27, 2025)