2. Evaluation methods

3. Life cycle costing

4. Carbon audit

• Green Building Tour - The University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada (9:49)
• C. K. Choi Building for the Institute of Asian Research [case study][PDF]
• Life Science Centre [case study]
• Al Gore at Greenbuild 2009 (4:21)
• life cycle (0:29)
• Tim Grant - Lifecycle assessment plastic bags (7:25)

• Athena Institute, http://www.athenaSMI.ca
• Impact Estimator (for buildings)
• Impact Estimator for Buildings v. 4 Tutorial, www.athenasmi.org/tools/impactEstimator/tutorial.html
• EcoCalculator (for assemblies)
• LCA inventory databases
• BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability), http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/oae/software/bees
• SimaPro (The Netherlands), http://www.pre.nl/simapro.html
• SimaPro 7 introduction, http://www.pre.nl/webdemo/new/EN/SimaPro_Intro_EN.html
• Life cycle assessment, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_cycle_assessment
• Life-Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) [WBDG], http://www.wbdg.org/resources/lcca.php
• Life Cycle Assessment -- Example 1 [PDF]
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) Tool for Commercial Building Developments in Hong Kong [PDF]

• Athena Environmental impact estimator, Version 3.0.1 [AV 690 A86  CDROM]
• EPD and EMSD, 2010. Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for Buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purposes) in Hong Kong, 2010 Edition, Environmental Protection Department (EPD) and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSD), Hong Kong. [website]
• ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment –Principles and Framework [British standards online (via HKU Library)]
• ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and Guidelines [British standards online (via HKU Library)]