Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Tropical Building

Table 3

Ecological footprint of food goods per capita in India.

	Monthly consumption [44]	Total annual consumption	CO2 emission factor	Yield production [45, 46] (ton/ha)	EF (gha)
Vegetable	8.4 kg	100.8 kg		1.61	0.157
Pulses	0.90 kg	10.8 kg		0.69	0.039
Mutton	0.08 kg	0.96 kg		72	0.006
Beef	0.06 kg	0.72 kg		32	0.011
Cereals	9.28 kg	111.36 kg		2.39	0.117
Milk	5.4 litre	64.8 litre		458	0.062
Fish	0.252 kg	3.024 kg		0.035	0.030
Fruits	0.654 kg	7.848 kg		2330	1.58 × 10^−6
Edible oil	0.85 kg	10.2 kg		0.38	0.068
Wood	4.3 kg	51.6 kg	1.5–1.6 (kgCO2/kg)	73 m^3/ha	0.028
LPG	1.9 kg	22.8 kg	3.31 (kgCO2/kg)		0.025
Kerosene	0.40 litre	4.8 litre	2.58 (kgCO2/litre)		0.004
Total annual EF/capita					0.549