Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Tropical Building

Table 2

Indian building construction details [41].

Type of construction	Unit	Brick (nos.)	Cement (kg)	Sand (m^3)	Aggregate (m^3)	Steel (kg)	Time required (day; 1 day = 8 hrs)
Brick work	m^3	494	95	0.2675			Labour-day 2.94
Reinforced cement concrete (RCC; M20 2% reinforced)	m^3		400	0.425	0.85	15.95	Labour-day 3.15; Concrete mixer 0.64; Vibrator 0.64
Cement plaster	m^2		8.6	0.024			Labour-day 0.3
Flooring	m^2		17	0.0178	0.0356		Labour-day 0.32; Concrete mixer 0.003