Research Article
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 m3/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 |
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