Research Article
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 (m3) | Aggregate (m3) | Steel (kg) | Time required (day; 1 day = 8 hrs) |
| Brick work | m3 | 494 | 95 | 0.2675 | | | Labour-day 2.94 | Reinforced cement concrete (RCC; M20 2% reinforced) | m3 | | 400 | 0.425 | 0.85 | 15.95 | Labour-day 3.15 Concrete mixer 0.64 Vibrator 0.64 | Cement plaster | m2 | | 8.6 | 0.024 | | | Labour-day 0.3 | Flooring | m2 | | 17 | 0.0178 | 0.0356 | | Labour-day 0.32 Concrete mixer 0.003 |
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