Benchmarking

Economy

The diagram on the left shows the total building costs (not including the land or lot) per m² usable floor area of the 25 buildings.

The buildings are grouped by building type and by climatic zone according to the classification system of ASHRAE (see glossary "Climate classification").

It can be clearly seen, that the costs of the projects analysed differ a lot between climatic zones as well as between building types.

(1)* Refurbishment
(2)* Retrofit
(3)* Conversion

Comparison of total building costs per m² usable floor area, grouped by building type and climatic zone (ASHRAE)