Editing Life-cycle cost analysis (section)

==Definition==
The term differs slightly from [[Total cost of ownership]] analysis (TCOA). LCCA determines the most [[Cost-effectiveness analysis|cost-effective]] option to purchase, run, sustain or dispose of an object or process, and TCOA is used by managers or buyers to analyze and determine the direct and indirect cost of an item.<ref name="Bearfield"/>

The term is used in the study of [[Industrial ecology]] (IE). The purpose of IE is to help managers make informed decisions by tracking and analyzing products, resources and wastes.<ref name="IE Journal"/>

===Green Design and Building Economics===
In [[Green design]] Managers add their [[operating cost]]s and [[Capital (economics)|capital]] to help decide the effect of an investment.<ref name="Eltamaly"/> The method also allows managers to determine if more investments may be needed for [[green building]]s.<ref name="Kubba"/>