Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 57.04
Liaison Larry Cook
Submission Date Feb. 29, 2016
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STARS v2.0

University of South Carolina
OP-16: Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.00 / 1.00 Namita Koppa
Assistant Director for Program Management
Office of Sustainability
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Does the the institution employ Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) as a matter of policy and practice when evaluating energy and water-using products and systems?:
Yes

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Does the institution employ LCCA as a matter of policy and practice across the operations of the entire institution (i.e. all divisions)?:
Yes

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A brief description of the LCCA policy(ies) and practice(s):
Any Energy Conservation Measure implemented that is above $100,000 includes a Life Cycle Cost Analysis by a third party firm that would provide all pertinent LCCA information (i.e. Capital Costs, Discount Rate, inflation rate, Fuel Price indices, etc.) All this information along with a feasibility report is required.

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The website URL where information about the institution’s LCCA policies and practices is available:
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