Engineering Economy
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Author: Sullivan
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Chapter 6, Problem 43P
IBM is considering an environmentally conscious green building at one of its new production facilities. The company will decide among three different green designs for the facility, and each of the final mutually exclusive concepts for the facility results in different costs and savings. These three concepts are summarized below. IBM uses 10% per year as its profitability benchmark (hurdle rate) for such comparisons. Which facility concept should be selected? (6.5)
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