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ajceb-2973	Langston, Yu Lay; Langston, Craig	Building Energy and Cost Performance: An Analysis of Thirty Melbourne Case Studies	2007	18	.pdf	application/pdf	8094	299	45	The following observations can be made: • both are a means of identifying resources and measuring deployment efficiency • energy sources delivered by supplier organizations have a market price per unit that is tangible and understood • energy costs incurred during product manufacture and delivery are built into the purchase price of materials (i.e. energy costs are embedded), while operating energy costs are billed based on actual consumption • life cycle energy and LCC have similar philosophical constructs • embodied energy intensities are often obtained from financial input-output tables • there is usually a compromise or balance between initial (energy or cost) and recurrent (energy or cost) commitments • both future cost and future energy comprise uncertainty in prediction • energy and cost vary according to building scale, locality and quality of construction Project decisions that minimize energy (including GGE) or cost are likely to result in greater net benefit to owners, users and society (Bekker 1982). COST DATA Table 2 summarizes the case studies for capital cost, recurrent operating cost per annum, and energy operating cost per annum.	cache/ajceb-2973.pdf	txt/ajceb-2973.txt