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Table 1 – Maintenance cost ranges
Building	Range of costs(£/m2)	Average cost (£/m2)
Offices	0.09 – 35.89	7.99
Industrial	0.22 – 34.50	8.46
Hospitals	0.91 – 36.46	13.03
Leisure	1.85 – 20.07	4.78
Schools	0.78 – 10.28	2.77
University	1.61 – 15.49	7.04
Data processing	1.97 – 121.74	51.14
Aged-persons home	0.88 – 7.72	2.71
Retail	1.17 – 4.64	2.88
Hotels	14.75 – 29.67	21.67

Table 2 – Utility cost percentage use*
	Electricity	Gas	Oil	Solid
Offices	80·30	14·20	1·90	–
Industrial	67·90	18·60	8·20	1·60
Hospital	47·50	23·50	9·70	9·40
Leisure	51·80	35·60	–	–
Schools	37·00	45·00	8·90	2·40
University	55·70	26·30	8·50	–
Data process	91·70	4·80	10·10	–
Aged-persons homes	31·20	57·00	2·80	–
Retail	78·60	15·00	2·80	–
Hotel	59·40	15·40	20·80	1·70
*Percentage costs of utilities related to total annual costs

Table 3 – Enhanced capital allowances
Year	Expenditure written off against profits
	Normal rate (25%)	SMEs rate (40% then 25%)	100% ECA
1	25·0	40·0	100
2	18·8	15·0	–
3	14·1	11·3	–
4	10·5	8·4	–
5	7·9	6·3	–
6	5·9	4·7	–
7	4·4	3·6	–
8	3·3	2·7	–
9	2·5	2·0	–
10	1·9	1·5	–

Table 4 – Whole life cost comparison (25 years, 3·5% discount rate)
	Base case	Alternative
NPV lump sums	-£87.11	-£100.00
NPV energy costs	£0.00	£0.00
NPV OM&R costs	£0.00	£0.00
NPV recurring costs (price increase)	£0.00	£0.00
Total whole life cost	-£87.11	-£100.00
Equivalent annual cost	-£5.29	-£6.07
Net saving		£12.89
Savings-to-investment ratio (SIR)		0
Alternative has lowest whole life cost