INVESTIMMO: A decision-making tool for long-term efficient investment strategies in housing maintenance and refurbishment.

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0244-1

Key words (English)

Buildings; retrofit; decision making; Economic Aspects; Environmental Protection; Industrial Manufacture; Innovation; Technology Transfer; Safety

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: G1RD-2000-00371

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.3.1 Innovative products, processes and organization

Short description (English)

See abstract

Further information (English)

Full name of research-institution/enterprise:
EPF Lausanne
Laboratoire d'Energie solaire et de Physique du Bâtiment

Partners and International Organizations (English)

CSTB: Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (F), EPFL: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH), CUEH: Université de Genève (CH), Estia Sàrl (CH), IBP: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Angewandten Forschung (D), DIPARC: Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Progettazione e Costruzione dell'Architettura (I), NOA: National Observatory of Athens (EL), SBI: Statens Byggeforskningsinstitut (DK)

Abstract (English)

The objective of this proposal is to assist building owners in elaborating long-term financial investment strategies in maintenance and refurbishment operations by developing a professional investment decision-making tool. This project will promote cost effective and affordable investments into existing buildings, while addressing the environmental challenge and optimum use of natural resources and improving the general social aspects of building tenants. This tool will support decisions on which buildings have priority for investment and also when this is an optimal investment. The main target of the new methodology is to give decision elements to invest in order to anticipate deterioration instead of running after problems and investing to limit the damages. The innovation includes the way quantitative and qualitative parameters (social, physical, cultural and economic) are aggregated in order to emphasize the concept of investment over simple financial criteria commonly used.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0244-1