Cost-Benefit Analysis of Residential Energy-Efficiency Upgrades in Phoenix, Arizona

With worldwide energy consumption rising, there is a need to reduce energy use of the housing stock. While this general idea is well-known, there is an overwhelming amount of product data and manufacturers claims through which the homebuilder or designer must sort to make informed selections of energy-efficient upgrades. The main objective of this research was to identify cost effective–energy efficient upgrades from a group of 16 commonly available choices, and rank them according to the most beneficial for the least cost. This study was conducted in Phoenix, Arizona, and included a sample of 30 production-style homes typical of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Energy-simulation software was used to perform energy evaluations and derive the benefits of each upgrade. The cost of each upgrade was obtained from a database of national average costs and from a local context. Differences in the selection of beneficial upgrades vary dramatically with the source of the cost information. This research provides a generic methodology that can be used by builders and designers to select appropriate energy-efficient upgrades for a given geographic area that will provide high operating benefits relative to the amount of capital investment.     

多孔粒状铵油炸药在边坡预裂爆破中的应用

通过工程实践，介绍了利用多孔粒状铵油炸药进行边坡预裂爆破的设计原理及施工工艺。该技术能确保预裂爆破质量。简化施工工序，大幅度降低爆破成本。技术经济指标优越。     

从生产角度论述空分设备“有效产品成本”

引入空分设备“有效产品成本”概念，以气体成本算法和液体成本算法对空分设备正常产品单位成本和有效产品单位成本进行了比较，举例计算了液化装置的产品成本，提出利用“有效产品成本”概念来组织空分设备生产。     

镀锌钢带工艺技术改造

本介绍了将氰化钠镀锌溶液转换为氯化钾镀锌溶液的镀锌工艺过程，从工艺、健康、环保、成本等方面进行阐述。     

《建设工程施工合同》中有关造价控制条款的阐析

仅从造价控制的角度分析、归纳施工合同中涉及费用的条款，以便更好地应用。     

在备件招标采购中运用"定质比价法"初探

针对公司在备件采购中存在的质量、价格等问题，探讨了如何使用“定质比价法”这一新的招标采购方法来提高备件质量、降低成本。     

小议变动成本法的合理性

企业对盈亏临界点的计算通常是以变动成本法为基础，但也有以制造成本法为计算基础的，对于这两种成本方法计算的几种盈亏临界点的情况，本文结合案例，通过比较分析认为：盈亏临界点的计算应当以变动成本法为基础更为合理。     

Evaluation of capital cost data. part 7: Liquid waste disposal with emphasis on physical treatment

Capital cost correlations are given for oil-water separators, equalization basins, primary clarifiers, clarifiers and clarifier mechanisms, reverse osmosis unit, ultrafiltration units, gravity filters and miroscreens. Data are included for raw sewage, intermediate and recirculation pumping stations and for preliminary treatment (or bar screens, grit removal, overflow and bypass chamber and Parshall flume), for grit removal, comminution and gas stripping. The correlations are accurate to ± 30%, expressed in Canadian dollars and adjusted to a Marshall and Swift value of 1000. Details as to what components are included in the cost are given. Data are given for the labour and material costs to create a working process module. For inflation indices, a critique of the Engineering News Record, EPA small city, Marshall and Swift, Chemical Engineering and Southam inflation indices suggested that the Marshall and Swift index is most appropriate for the construction and process equipment studied here. Concerning the currency exchange, for the equipment and processes in this study, equipment costs the same whether expressed directly in US or Canadian dollars. To put the current data into perspective, several hundred sources of cost data were analyzed. The major correlations are compared, on a consistent basis, with current data.     

Delivering Improvement from Truth — the Fragile Link Between Analysis and Effective Change

In the history of operations research in industry there has been an abundance of analyses and recommendations produced in millions of man hours by dedicated OR specialists. And yet the net improvement is significantly lower than expected. There are numerous reasons for this shortfall: incomplete analysis, too much theory, incomplete implementation, unreliable recommendations, or a combination of some of these reasons.
By describing several examples, the major reasons for the fragility of the link between recommendation and implementation will be reviewed. What has to be done today to increase the likelihood of implementing an OR recommendation and thus improve the performance of an industrial entity by using the power of OR tools will then be described.