Chapter 3, Problem 1P

A “green” (environmentally friendly) office building costs as average of $3.50 per square foot each year to heal and cool. What is the total annual heating and cooling cost of an office building that has 10,000 square meters of space? (3.3)

To determine

Calculate the total cooling cost.

Explanation of Solution

One square meter(SM) is 10.764 square feet.

Cooling cost (CC) can be calculated as follows.

$\begin{array}{c}\text{CC}=\text{SM}\times \text{Office space}\times \text{Cost per square foot}\\ \text{=10}\text{.764}\times \text{10,000}\times 3.5\\ =376,740\end{array}$

Total cooling cost is $376,740.