Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 75.35
Liaison Megan Litke
Submission Date March 30, 2016
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STARS v2.0

American University
OP-16: Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Megan Litke
Sustainability Manager
Office of Sustainability

Criteria

Institution employs Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) as a matter of policy and practice when evaluating energy- and water-using products and systems. Practices may include structuring RFPs so that vendors compete on the basis of lowest total cost of ownership (TCO) in addition to (or instead of) purchase price.  


Applicability

This credit applies to all institutions.


Scoring

Institutions earn the maximum of 1 point available for this credit by employing LCCA as a matter of policy and practice when evaluating energy- and water-using products and systems practice across the operations of the entire institution (i.e. all divisions). Partial points are available. For example, an institution that employs LCCA across some but not all of its divisions would earn 0.5 points (half of the points available for this credit).  


Measurement

Timeframe

Report on current policies and practices.

Sampling and Data Standards

Not applicable

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.