8.9 Investment Appraisal in Practice

By the end of this lesson you will have learned about: Investment appraisal in practice, including Simple payback method Lifecycle cost based payback Net Annual Cost (NAC) Net Present Value (NPV) Internal Rate of Return (IRR) A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. – […]

Suggested reading

  1. This work was used to produce the following briefing document as part of a recent joint campaign with The Sustainable Energy Association:
    https://www.aecb.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AECB-Briefing-The-Cost-Effective-Energy-Measures-Bill.pdf
  2. Further reading: ‘Fair Society Healthy Lives’ (The Marmot Review) from:
    http://www.instituteofhealthequity.org/projects/fair-society-healthy-lives-the-marmot-review
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