Life Cycle Costing and carbon calculations are being used to plan for capital expenses related to electrification and other infrastructure upgrades that are necessary to meet NYC’s goal of 80x50. By comparing the life cycle costing of HVAC and other building systems, organizations and businesses can identify which types of systems will have the lowest overall cost over it's life. Innovative technologies will be needed in order to meet NYC’s carbon reduction goal, but the first costs for innovative technologies which have longer life, higher efficiency, and lower maintenance costs tend to much higher than traditional technologies and therefore harder to justify. Life cycle costing can be an important tool that can help organizations and businesses to justify the first cost of innovative technologies because it factors in all of the recurring costs of operation such as energy costs, operations and maintenance costs, and replacement costs. And by coupling the life cycle costing with carbon calculations it enables building owners to do carbon planning and to identification which solutions enable them to meet their carbon emissions reduction targets.