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Designation:E176511Standard Practice forApplying Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP)toMultiattribute Decision Analysis of Investments Related toBuildings and Building Systems1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1765;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.INTRODUCTIONThe analytical hierarchy process(AHP)is one of a set of multi-attribute decision analysis(MADA)methods that considers nonmonetary attributes(qualitative and quantitative)in addition to commoneconomic evaluation measures(such as life-cycle costing or net benefits)when evaluating projectalternatives.Building-related decisions depend in part on how competing options perform with respectto nonmonetary attributes.This practice complements existing ASTM standards on buildingeconomics by incorporating the existing economic/monetary measures of worth described in thosestandards into a more comprehensive standard method of evaluation that includes nonmonetary(quantitative and nonquantitative)benefits and costs.TheAHP is the MADAmethod described in thispractice.2It has three significant strengths:an efficient attribute weighting process of pairwisecomparisons;hierarchical descriptions of attributes,which keep the number of pairwise comparisonsmanageable;and available software to facilitate its use.31.Scope1.1 This practice presents a procedure for calculating andinterpreting AHP scores of a projects total overall desirabilitywhen making building-related capital investment decisions.31.2 In addition to monetary benefits and costs,the procedureallows for the consideration of characteristics or attributeswhich decision makers regard as important,but which are notreadily expressed in monetary terms.Examples of such attri-butes that pertain to the selection of a building alternative(andits surroundings)are location/accessibility,site security,maintainability,quality of the sound and visual environment,and image to the public and occupants.1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of thesafety concerns,if any,associated with its use.It is theresponsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-priate safety and health practices and determine the applicabil-ity of regulatory limitations prior to use.2.Referenced Documents2.1 ASTM Standards:4E631 Terminology of Building ConstructionsE833 Terminology of Building EconomicsE917 Practice for Measuring Life-Cycle Costs of Buildingsand Building SystemsE964 Practice for Measuring Benefit-to-Cost and Savings-to-Investment Ratios for Buildings and Building SystemsE1057 Practice for Measuring Internal Rate of Return andAdjusted Internal Rate of Return for Investments inBuildings and Building SystemsE1074 Practice for Measuring Net Benefits and Net Savingsfor Investments in Buildings and Building SystemsE1121 Practice for Measuring Payback for Investments inBuildings and Building SystemsE1334 Practice for Rating the Serviceability of a Building or1This practice is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E06 on Perfor-mance of Buildings and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E06.81 onBuilding Economics.Current edition approved March 1,2011.Published April 2011.Originallyapproved in 1995.Last previous edition approved in 2007 as E1765 071.DOI:10.1520/E1765-11.2For an extensive overview of MADA methods and a detailed treatment of howto apply two MADA methods(one of which is AHP)to building-related decisions,see Norris,G A.,and Marshall,H.E.,Multiattribute Decision Analysis:Recom-mended Method for Evaluating Buildings and Building Systems,National Instituteof Standards and Technology,1995.3This practice presents a stand-alone procedure for performing anAHP analysis.In addition,an ASTM software product for performing AHP analyses has beendeveloped to support and facilitate use of this practice.Software to Support ASTME1765:Standard Practice for Applying Analytical Hierarchy Process(AHP)toMultiattribute Decision Analysis of Investments Related to Buildings and BuildingSystems,MNL 29,ASTM,1998.4For referenced ASTM standards,visit the ASTM website,www.astm.org,orcontact ASTM Customer Service at serviceastm.org.For Annual Book of ASTMStandards volume information,refer to the standards Document Summary page onthe ASTM website.Copyright ASTM International,100 Barr Harbor Drive,PO Box C700,West Conshohocken,PA 19428-2959.United States1 Building-Related FacilityE1480 Terminology of Facility Management(Building-Related)E1557 Classification for Building Elements and RelatedSiteworkUNIFORMAT IIE1660 Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facilityfor Support for Office WorkE1661 Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facilityfor Meetings and Group EffectivenessE1662 Classification for Serviceability of an Office Facilityfor Sound an