Research Article
Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Tropical Building
Table 13
The EFT of the building by used on different construction material.
| Main building envelope material | EFT of the building (gha) | EFT per m2 floor area (gha/m2) | Percentage reduction potential in the EFT |
| Base case | FCB + PPC | 957.07 | 0.105 | — | Proposed case | FAB + PPC | 810.21 | 0.089 | 15.3% | HCB + PPC | 789.19 | 0.086 | 17.5% | AAC + PPC | 871.19 | 0.095 | 9.0% | FCB + LC3 | 912.30 | 0.100 | 4.7% | FAB + LC3 | 765.44 | 0.084 | 20% | HCB + LC3 | 744.42 | 0.081 | 22.2% | AAC + LC3 | 826.43 | 0.090 | 13.6% |
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