OPTIMIZE 3.1 : a spreadsheet application for estimating the life-cycle energy, material flow, environmental impact and costs of residential buildings and assemblies : user's manual / prepared for Research...: NH17-345/1995E-PDF

"OPTIMIZE is a Canadian data base and spread sheet application for estimating the lifecycle energy, material flow, environmental impact and cost of residential buildings and assemblies. It is intended to assist researchers and designers in optimizing house performance by considering environmental externalities at the same time as other factors related to house design. For example, the choice of a particular building material could be influenced by the amount or type of waste it generates, or the energy consumed in manufacturing"--Abstract.

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Publication information
Department/Agency Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Research Division, issuing body.
Sheltair Scientific Ltd., issuing body.
Title OPTIMIZE 3.1 : a spreadsheet application for estimating the life-cycle energy, material flow, environmental impact and costs of residential buildings and assemblies : user's manual / prepared for Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation; prepared by Sheltair Scientific Ltd.
Variant title OPTIMIZE 3.1 user's manual
Spreadsheet application for estimating the life-cycle energy, material flow, environmental impact and costs of residential buildings and assemblies : user's manual
Publication type Monograph
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Digitized edition from print [produced by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation].
Includes bibliographical references (page 24).
Includes summary in English and French.
Publishing information Ottawa, Ontario : Research Division, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, November 1995.
Description 1 online resource (25 pages, 7 unnumbered pages)
Catalogue number
  • NH17-345/1995E-PDF
Subject terms Dwellings -- Energy consumption -- Data processing.
Dwellings -- Environmental aspects -- Data processing.
Life cycle costing -- Data processing.
Habitations -- Consommation d'énergie -- Informatique.
Habitations -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Informatique.
Coût du cycle de vie -- Informatique.
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