Reduction of Embodied Energy and Construction Cost of Affordable Houses through Efficient Architectural Design: A Case Study in Indian Scenario

Table 6

Cost of major construction materials for selected 30 IAHUs in INR.

IAHU	Cement	Steel	Bricks	Sand	Aggregate	Total cost	Percent of total cost of an IAHU
	a	b	c	d	e	a+b + c + d + e
A1	1499.1	1140.26	1980.83	681.6	494.77	5796.57	34
A2	1499.1	1147.72	2021.96	682.4	507.40	5858.59	35
A3	1556.1	1163.01	2272.6.0	725.6	486.59	6203.92	36
A4	1556.1	1180.91	2202.72	716.8	501.45	6158.00	36
A5	1539.0	1176.81	2146.19	704.8	500.71	6067.53	36
A6	1487.7	1113.77	2030.28	680.8	499.22	5811.79	35
A7	1487.7	1117.88	2094.09	684.8	499.97	5884.44	35
A8	1390.8	1086.92	1856.29	628.0	470.25	5432.27	35
A9	1601.7	1217.84	2147.34	727.2	530.43	6224.52	35
A10	1670.1	1228.28	2776.02	808.8	523.74	7006.95	37
A11	1812.6	1424.11	2785.84	846.4	563.86	7432.82	37
A12	1476.3	1099.6	2067.2	679.2	496.25	5818.57	36
A13	1402.2	1055.96	1847.92	632.8	458.36	5397.26	36
A14	1316.7	1042.53	1684.02	589.6	456.88	5089.74	35
A15	1664.4	1253.65	2682.26	796.0	526.71	6923.03	37
A16	1641.6	1253.65	2584.45	780.8	535.63	6796.14	36
A17	1761.3	1396.51	2624.8	818.4	560.88	7161.91	37
A18	1459.2	1053.35	2077.08	675.2	473.22	5738.07	36
A19	1556.1	1134.66	2374.84	732.8	487.34	6285.75	37
A20	1527.6	1146.97	2215.09	709.6	494.77	6094.04	36
A21	1493.4	1076.47	2160.49	693.6	491.05	5915.03	36
A22	1254.0	969.42	1481.01	548.8	443.51	4696.75	35
A23	1419.3	1062.67	1753.38	632	493.28	5360.65	35
A24	1704.3	1164.87	2800.51	824.8	523.74	7018.24	38
A25	1328.1	980.61	1683.81	595.2	454.65	5042.38	36
A26	1413.6	1083.93	1964.09	646.4	475.45	5583.49	36
A27	1527.6	1049.24	2245.82	713.6	484.37	6020.65	37
A28	1447.8	1021.64	2092.01	674.4	473.97	5709.83	37
A29	1533.3	1170.1	2187.06	704.0	506.65	6101.13	37
A30	1767.0	1211.5	2637.28	805.6	557.91	6979.31	39