1、Designation:E215604(Reapproved 2013)An American National StandardStandard Guide forEvaluating Economic Performance of Alternative Designs,Systems,and Materials in Compliance with PerformanceStandard Guides for Single-Family Attached and DetachedDwellings1This standard is issued under the fixed desig
2、nation E2156;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapp
3、roval.INTRODUCTIONThis guide on economics is part of a set which together presents a complete performance guide forspecifying and evaluating single-family attached and detached dwellings.The complete set in theseries,when finished,is to include the following attributes:A Structural Safety and Servic
4、eabilityB Fire SafetyC Accident SafetyD Health and HygieneE Indoor Air QualityF LightG AcousticsH DurabilityI AccessibilityJ SecurityK EconomicsL FunctionalityM AestheticsN AdaptabilityO MaintainabilityP SustainabilityThe series provides a framework for specifying and evaluating qualities of buildin
5、g products andsystems to meet user needs without limiting ways and means.The format for this series of standardguides includes performance statements that consist of four componentsObjectives,Criteria,Evaluation,and Commentary(O-C-E-C)which together provide a systematic performance-basedapproach for
6、 the intended purpose.Each standard guide in the set presents a collection of information and a series of options availableto the specifier.The standard guides include examples of performance statements that may be used forthe specification and evaluation of residential designs,materials,products,co
7、mponents,subsystems,and systems.1.Scope1.1 What This Guide DoesThis guide helps designers,builders,home owners,and other stakeholders to identify andevaluate benefits and costs in order to make efficient choicesbetween two or more traditional alternatives and betweentraditional alternatives and new-
8、technology products,systems,materials,and designs.It directs the users to ASTMclassifications,practices,adjuncts,and computer programs thatimplement the appropriate economic method to evaluate thesebenefits and costs in making technology choices.The focus,however,is on a nine-step process for using
9、two ASTMpracticeslife-cycle costing(LCC),E917,and the analytical1This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Performanceof Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.25 on WholeBuildings and Facilities.Current edition approved Jan.1,2013.Published January 2013.O
10、riginallyapproved in 2001.Last previous edition approved in 2004 as E2156 04.DOI:10.1520/E2156-04R13.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 hierarchy process(AHP),E1765to measure and evaluate theeconomic and overall performance o
11、f investments in single-family attached and detached dwellings.This guide containsthree appendixes.The first two are designed to help usersidentify and evaluate benefits and costs.Appendix X1 containsa classification of benefits and a methodology for estimatingthese benefits.Appendix X2 contains a c
12、lassification of costsand a methodology for estimating these costs.Appendix X3illustrates how to evaluate the economic performance of threealternative carpet materials,two traditional products and anew-technology product,when considering the guide for du-rability.1.2 Purpose of This GuideThe purpose
13、 of this guide is tohelp users make cost-effective choices between traditionalalternatives and new technologies permitted under perfor-mance standards.This guide(1)explains how the lack ofeconomic information discourages the introduction of newtechnologies;(2)helps decision makers to identify and cl
14、assifythe key types of benefits and costs associated with both newtechnologies and traditional alternatives;(3)shows how toselect alternatives that meet the performance standards,butcost less than traditional alternatives;and(4)shows how toincorporate nonfinancial information into the decision-makin
15、gprocess,enabling performance to be defined and using costsand other criteria.1.3 Relationship of This Guide to Other Performance Stan-dards GuidesIn this guide,economic analysis is used toevaluate and compare the economic performance of traditionalalternatives and new technologies permitted under p
16、erfor-mance standards for single-family attached and detacheddwellings.Use this economic analysis guide in evaluatingalternatives permitted under any of the other 15 performanceattributes,either singly or in combination.The objective ofeconomic analysis in this guide is to identify cost-effectivechoices among traditional alternatives and new technologiespermitted under performance standards.The other 15 perfor-mance attributes define the scope of the economic analysis.That is,cost-effectiveness
