http://carbonlimited.org/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/ low carbon energy and engineering Sat, 19 Feb 2011 23:14:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://carbonlimited.org/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-377 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 06:10:12 +0000 http://carbonlimited.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-377 [...] not least of all: “which discount rate to use?” which is something Casey touched upon here a little while back. It seems the industry is need of guidance, so that we are all singing from the [...]

]]> http://carbonlimited.org/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-345 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:53:46 +0000 http://carbonlimited.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-345 That’s a great example. The RICS people have done simple payback calculations. While this might be useful in a like-for-like comparison between options, it’s nothing like an accurate picture of cost over time. Good for making a dramatic point but not actually useful.

]]> http://carbonlimited.org/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-344 Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:19:52 +0000 http://carbonlimited.wordpress.com/2007/10/11/estimating-energy-cost/#comment-344 Your reasons for doubt and uncertainly may well explain the results that the RICS have come up with on payback period on energy savin measures – http://www.building.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=284&storycode=3097491&c=1
Some of these results seem a bit crackers to me.

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