Early Stage Design Decisions: The Way to Achieve Sustainable Buildings at Lower Costs

Table 4

List of selected indicators for conceptual phase.

Environmental indicators
Environmental impact	(1) Global warming potential
	(2) Depletion potential of the stratospheric ozone layer
	(3) Acidification potential of land and water
	(4) Eutrophication potential
	(5) Formation potential of tropospheric ozone photochemical oxidants
	(6) Abiotic resource depletion potential for elements
	(7) Abiotic resource depletion potential of fossil fuels
Energy	(8) Total primary energy demand
Economic indicators
Life cycle costs	(9) Construction costs
	(10) Operation costs
	(11) End-of-life costs