Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Tropical Building

Table 8

Details of materials consumed in the case study building.

Items	Total materials consumption	Embodied emission (kgCO2/kg) [50]	EF (gha)
Cement	1,084,681 kg	0.61–0.74	133.9
Burnt clay brick	1,405,430 nos	0.162–0.195	207.8
Fine and coarse sand	2,653,239 kg	—	—
Aggregates	2,224,554 kg	0.0048	4.7
Steel	73,432 kg	1.74	48.8
Wood (teak India)	21 m^3	—	0.37
Marble stone	1.2 m^3	0.116	0.1
Ceramic tile	2.7 m^3	0.74	1.4
Paint	0.81 ton	0.36 kgCO2/m^2	0.1
PVC pipe	1.85 ton	2.56	1.6
Glass (common)	0.732 m^3	0.86	0.47