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                              Table 7: Comparison of carbon emission for construction materials
               S No         Item         Quantity      Unit      KgCO /per      Total Kg       Remark
                                                                        2
                                                                     unit          CO 2
                 1.   Clay brick           10500        No           0.59        6195.00
                 2.   Fly ash brick       10500         No           0.11        1155.00   81.36%  less

                 3.   OPC                   62         Bag           0.89         660.38
                 4.   PPC                   62         Bag           0.60         445.2    32.58%  less
                 5.   Steel                .0089      Tonne         1.987         18.00

                 6.   Recycled steel       .0089      Tonne         0.357          4.00    78.0%  less

                               Table 8: Comparison of carbon emission for electrical appliances
               SNo        Item        Quantity        Total      Tonne CO /        Total        Remark
                                                                           2
                                        (No)      Power Kwh          Kwh        CO  Tonne
                                                                                   2
                 1.   Tube Light         4.0          1507        0.0005883         0.89
                 2.   CFL Light          4.0           561        0.0005883         0.33       63.0% less

              Source: Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration. Electricity sources emit 1.297 lbs CO  per
                                                                                                       2
              kWh (0.0005883 metric tons CO  per Kwh)
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              Novelty of this Project           Easy to maintain; and        the wind and temperature

              The  novelty  of  this  project      Easy to disconnect, reuse   distribution at the urban
              which    can    be   suitably       and recycle in its parts.   level and such data could be
              replicated  in  the  urban  areas                               seamlessly utilized by the
              as well include the following:  FUTURE DIRECTIONS               individual building model
                                                                              for the detail simulations
                  Made with Simple, Low      It is envisaged that in the     of the wind or temperature
                   cost  locally available     near future, there would       condition inside the building.
                   materials, tools and skills   be a development of a        Another key development
                   material;                  universal   and    integrated   would be the integration of
                                              model that could embed the      the sensors with the urban
                  Resistant   to   natural
                   hazards;                   entire urban and building       model for master planning
                                              models. As such, it allows the   purpose  and  for  creation  of
                  Envir onmentally           seamless integration between    smart cities. Such data at the
                   Sustainable and Energy     these two scales of models.     urban  level  would  then  be
                   Efficient;                 This will also facilitate the   propagated to the building
                                              development of the boundary     level for better understanding
                  Socially, aesthetically and   conditions generated by the   of the impact on energy,
                   culturally appropriate to   urban  model  that  could  be
                   the context;                                               building performance, etc.
                                              easily utilized by the building   At the building level, better
                  Flexible   for    future   model for the simulations. For   integration of sensor data
                   upgrading           and    example, simulations could      and performance simulations
                   extensions;                be conducted to understand      could be achieved and thus


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