Assignment 4 Cost Benefit Analysis

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Work individually to perform a cost-benefit analysis for energy retrofitting Patton Hall. What upgrades would you select? What are the costs associated with these upgrades? What economic, social, environmental benefits are provided?  

Energy retrofit examples include: new windows, window tinting, new doors, more insulation, upgrade HVAC system, solar panels, solar hot water heaters, cool roof, room/building lighting, occupancy settings. 

Some resources for your analysis:

• How to perform cost-benefit analysis (Links to an external site.)
• RMI Case Studies (Links to an external site.)

Your cost-benefit analysis should include REAL numbers with payback periods. I know we have not covered how to do this, which is exactly the point. Part of the learning objectives for this course is to learn how to learn. It is OK to make assumptions for the benefit analysis. Submit your cost-benefit analysis to Assignment Cost Benefit Analysis Links to an external site.. We will discuss these at the beginning of next class. This assignment should be done individually.