Life Cycle Ecological Footprint Reduction for a Tropical Building

Rapid urbanization significantly impacts natural resource demands and waste management in the construction sector. In this study, a novel methodology has been developed that could assess overall environmental impact of building during its lifespan by considering resources such as materials, energy use, emissions, water, manpower, wastes. The proposed method can estimate life cycle ecological footprint (EFT) building. result indicates 957.07 global hectares (gha) bioproductive land are required case CO2 absorption is most significant EFT low materials may reduce (EF) buildings, using renewable also operational EF solar PV systems have potential to building’s up two-thirds. assessment all existing buildings be examined order execute strategies for sustainable