Energy Man. Week 5
Energy Man. Week 5
WEEK 5
Economic Analysis and
Life Cycle Costing
Example 1.1
The heat pump discussed previous slides has an initial cost of €10,000, an energy savings
of €2,500 per year, and a maintenance cost of €500 per year.
SOLUTION:
Thus, the net annual savings is €2,000.
Therefore, its SPP would be;
SPP = (Initial cost)/(Annual savings)
SPP=(€10,000)/(€2,000/yr) = 5 years.
Simple Payback Period Cost Analysis
Advantages:
Simple,
Understandable by workers and managers.
Disadvantages:
The methodology does NOT consider ;
All future cash flows are estimated and discounted to give their present values
(PVs)—the sum of all future cash flows, both incoming and outgoing, is the
net present value (NPV).
The discounted cash flow formula is derived from the future value formula for calculating the
time value of money and compounding returns.
Thus the discounted present value (for one cash flow in one future period) is expressed as:
where
DPV is the discounted present value of the future cash flow (FV), or FV adjusted for the delay in receipt;
FV is the nominal value of a cash flow amount in a future period;
i is the interest rate, which reflects the cost of tying up capital and may also allow for the risk that the payment
may not be received in full;
d is the discount rate, which is i/(1+i), i.e., the interest rate expressed as a deduction at the beginning of the
year
instead of an addition at the end of the year;
n is the time in years before the future cash flow occurs.
Simple question:
“If I borrow €5,000 at 10% interest for five years, how much will I owe at the end of the five
years?”
In this problem,
• P= present amount,
• i = interest rate is known.
• F= future amount is unknown.
• Also note that; A= a single payment in series of n equal annual payments
Example 1.2
If €5,000 were deposited in an account that paid 10% interest annually,
how much would be in the account at the end of five years?
(P = €5,000 ,i = 10%, n = 5 years, F = ?)
Solution 2: Using the F/P factor and Table 1.1, with i = 10% and n = 5,
Interest Factors for i=%10
For customer:
Initial Cost:
Acquisition Cost
Disposal Technical
Cost Data Post
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EXAMPLE on LCC
Example 1.3
An energy efficient air compressor is proposed by a vendor. The compressor will cost
€30,000 installed, and will require €1,000 worth of maintenance each year for its life
of 10 years.
Energy costs will be €6,000 per year.
A standard air compressor will cost €25,000 and will require €500 worth of
maintenance each year. Its energy costs will be €10,000 per year.
If your company uses a MARR(interest rate) of 10%, would you invest in the energy
efficient air compressor?
(Note: In a Life Cycle Cost Analysis, all cash flows are costs, and the signs are ignored.)
Analysis:
LCC(Alt 1) = €30,000 +€7,000(P/A10,10)
= €30,000 + €7,000(6.1446) Table 1.1
= €73,012
LCC(Alt 2) = €25,000 + €10,500(P/A 10,10)
= €25,000 + €10,500(6.1446)
= €89,518
The decision rule for LCC analysis is to choose the alternative with thelowest LCC.
Since Alternative 1 (Energy efficient air compressor) has the lowest LCC, it should be chosen.
Interest Factors for i=%10
Questions?
and
Your ideas?