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Civil Engineering- sustainability questions

Answer 1

Definition: - opportunity cost is defined as a benefit that a person could received, but gave up, to take another course of action This is just a fancy way of saying that choices leave you with trade offs 1. Compliance and completeness: - 2. It's never been easy to green [In the late 1980s & early 1990's companies were able to make easy but often very significant, improvements] 3. Keeping up with the Joneses \r\n 4. The rest of the world Software decision making process Development downarrow Implementation downarrow Evaluation downarrow post use evaluation Green sustainable process Design downarrow sourcing downarrow usage downarrow End of life \r\n Company would not select an investment for improving environment performance because * sourcing: A logical starting point for a business going green is the row materials that the business uses for its products or services. It may strongly encouraged to do so by consumer pressure if its raw materials are considered unfriendly to the environment.
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