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Table 9 Break-even adaptation costs (normalized by the building value) for different climate adaptation measures to be cost-effective (with construction defects)

From: Risk-based cost-benefit analysis of climate adaptation measures for Australian contemporary houses under extreme winds

 

Design wind classification

Break-even cost

RF

WS

WR

IW

Brisbane

N2

0.16%

2.89%

1.71%

0.51%

N3

0.13%

2.28%

0.26%

0.40%

Melbourne

N1

0.03%

0.82%

0.08%

0.14%

N2

0.03%

1.08%

0.59%

0.20%