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 materialEFT of the building (gha)EFT per m2 floor area (gha/m2)Percentage reduction potential in the EFT

Base case
 FCB + PPC957.070.105
Proposed case
 FAB + PPC810.210.08915.3%
 HCB + PPC789.190.08617.5%
 AAC + PPC871.190.0959.0%
 FCB + LC3912.300.1004.7%
 FAB + LC3765.440.08420%
 HCB + LC3744.420.08122.2%
 AAC + LC3826.430.09013.6%