Try a google search with "Environmental Performance Indicator".
The site below presents a brief but concise introduction:
http://www.aprcp.org/articles/Training/EMA-part2.pdf
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You can use Psychrometric Charts to determine enthalpy changes changes based on Relative Humidity and Temperature changes. This will give you the changes in KJ/KG and that can be the basis of some cost estimations.
Carrier supplies these charts.
For a comprehensive book of the subject of Cold Weather Building, try "Building Science for a Cold Climate" by Hutcheon and Handegord, published by the Institute for Research in Construction. This book comes from the National Research Council of Canada, and has a detailed study of...