Germany

Quicklime

Austria

Australia

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

China

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

India

Italy

Japan

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Latvia

Malta

Mexico

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Central Asia and Pacific Asia, Oceania, Antarctica

East Europe and Iceland

Africa except Egypt and South Africa

Latin America except Brazil

Middle East, Asia and Egypt

Russian Federation (the)

Sweden

Slovenia

Slovakia

Türkiye

Taiwan (Province of China)

United States of America (the)

South Africa

Bricks / tiles and construction products in baked clay

United Arab Emirates (the)

Afghanistan

Albania

Armenia

Angola

Argentina

Azerbaijan

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Barbados

Bangladesh

Bahrain

Benin

Bolivia, Plurinational State of

Bhutan

Belarus

Congo, The Democratic Republic of the

Congo

Chile

Cameroon

Colombia

Costa Rica

Cuba

Djibouti

Algeria

Ecuador

Egypt

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Georgia

Ghana

Guatemala

Honduras

Haiti

Israel

Iraq

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Jamaica

Jordan

Kenya

Kyrgyzstan

Cambodia

Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

Korea, Republic of

Kuwait

Kazakhstan

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Lebanon

Sri Lanka

Libya

Morocco

Moldova, Republic of

North Macedonia

Myanmar

Mongolia

Malawi

Malaysia

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Nicaragua

Nepal

New Zealand

Oman

Panama

Peru

Philippines (the)

Pakistan

Cement production

Antigua and Barbuda

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Bahamas

Belize

Central African Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Fiji

Grenada

Gambia

Guinea

Equatorial Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Hong Kong

Iceland

Kiribati

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Lesotho

Mali

Mauritius

Maldives

Other concrete product manufacturing

Emission intensity of production of quicklime. This emission factor reflects manufacturing effort for the provision of selected building materials in Germany in 2015 (average data). Where necessary foreign shares (imports) are included. Total life cycle incl. transport + material input excl. disposal. Reference point is product provision  (without use). Retrieved from GEMIS v5.0.

Emission intensity of direct CO2 emissions from the respective industrial process. Retrieved from the sheet: '03_Industrieprozesse' of the Excel file 'Emissionsfaktoren zur THG-Bilanzierung (xlsx-Format) 2.0' published by UBA at the source URL. Data quality flag: Partial factor - this EF includes only CO2 value; it does not include values for CH4/N2O and other greenhouse gases.

Quicklime production

Emission intensity of quicklime - milled - packed (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the process method (no embodied GHG emissions from input-output processes are included). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Quicklime - milled - packed (at plant)

Emission intensity of quicklime - milled - loose (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the process method (no embodied GHG emissions from input-output processes are included). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Quicklime - milled - loose (at plant)

Emission intensity of quicklime - in pieces - loose (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the process method (no embodied GHG emissions from input-output processes are included). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

Quicklime - in pieces - loose (at plant)

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, milled, packed. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, packed. The product "quicklime, milled, packed" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime, packed at the factory. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/8000/documentation

Quicklime - milled - packed (quicklime production)

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, milled, packed. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, packed. The product "quicklime, milled, packed" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime, packed at the factory. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/9148/documentation

Emission intensity of quicklime - milled - packed (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the hybrid method which combines process data from AusLCI with input-output (IO) data to account for upstream activities not covered in process datasets (e.g. services / finance / insurance / machinery / equipment / capital goods). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, milled, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/3374/documentation

Quicklime - milled - loose (quicklime production)

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, milled, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/4547/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, milled, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/11418/documentation

Emission intensity of quicklime - milled - loose (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the hybrid method which combines process data from AusLCI with input-output (IO) data to account for upstream activities not covered in process datasets (e.g. services / finance / insurance / machinery / equipment / capital goods). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

The activity generating the emissions is market for quicklime, milled, packed. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, packed. The product "quicklime, milled, packed" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime, packed at the factory. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/17764/documentation

Quicklime - milled - packed (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for quicklime, milled, packed. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, packed. The product "quicklime, milled, packed" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime, packed at the factory. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/18192/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is market for quicklime, milled, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/15551/documentation

Quicklime - milled - loose (market for)

The activity generating the emissions is market for quicklime, milled, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, milled, loose. The product "quicklime, milled, loose" represents 1 kg of milled quicklime produced by crushing, milling, filtering (cyclone), dedusting, transport by conveyor belt and storage. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/15133/documentation

Emission intensity of quicklime - in pieces - loose (at plant). Provided by the Integrated Carbon Metrics (ICM) Embodied Carbon Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Database (ICM Database). Note: The CO2e value only takes into account CO2 CH4 and N2O. The CO2e values were calculated using the hybrid method which combines process data from AusLCI with input-output (IO) data to account for upstream activities not covered in process datasets (e.g. services / finance / insurance / machinery / equipment / capital goods). Data quality flag: Methodology - The source does not specify the IPCC AR version of GWPs used to calculate CO2e.

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, in pieces, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, in pieces, loose. The product "quicklime, in pieces, loose" represents the production of 1 kg of quicklime in pieces, obtained by calcination of crushed limestone. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. This form of quicklime can then be sent for grinding to obtain milled quicklime. Quicklime is used for soil stabilisation in the road construction industry, as a building material, as a process material in the chemical and sugar industries, in the iron and steel industry where it is used as an additive for the formation of slag in electric furnaces, and for the treatment of wastewater. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/2639/documentation

Quicklime - in pieces - loose (quicklime production)

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, in pieces, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, in pieces, loose. The product "quicklime, in pieces, loose" represents the production of 1 kg of quicklime in pieces, obtained by calcination of crushed limestone. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. This form of quicklime can then be sent for grinding to obtain milled quicklime. Quicklime is used for soil stabilisation in the road construction industry, as a building material, as a process material in the chemical and sugar industries, in the iron and steel industry where it is used as an additive for the formation of slag in electric furnaces, and for the treatment of wastewater. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/10552/documentation

The activity generating the emissions is quicklime production, in pieces, loose. The Reference Product is quicklime, in pieces, loose. The product "quicklime, in pieces, loose" represents the production of 1 kg of quicklime in pieces, obtained by calcination of crushed limestone. Quicklime is produced by the thermal decomposition of limestone. It consists mainly of calcium oxide (CaO), but has other components such as silicon dioxide (SiO2) and magnesium oxide (MgO). Its quality depends on many factors, including physical properties, degree of sintering and chemical composition. As the most readily available and cost effective alkali, quicklime plays an essential part in a wide variety of industrial processes. The difference between clinker and quicklime used for products in the binding agent industry is mainly the calcination temperature which is a maximum of 1450ºC for clinker and a maximum of 1200ºC for quicklime. This form of quicklime can then be sent for grinding to obtain milled quicklime. Quicklime is used for soil stabilisation in the road construction industry, as a building material, as a process material in the chemical and sugar industries, in the iron and steel industry where it is used as an additive for the formation of slag in electric furnaces, and for the treatment of wastewater. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/1391/documentation

Property	Value
Name	Quicklime And 2 Other Names Quicklime Quicklime production
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Building Materials
Source	GEMIS, UBA
Region	Germany (DE)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2015 2023
LCA Activity	manufacturing, upstream-use_phase-transport

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Emission Factor Name	Region	Source	Year	Unit
Quicklime	Germany	GEMIS	2015	Weight
Quicklime production	Germany	UBA	2023	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - in pieces - loose (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (quicklime production)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (quicklime production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (quicklime production)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (quicklime production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (quicklime production)	Quebec, CA	ecoinvent	2012	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (market for)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Quicklime - milled - packed (market for)	Europe (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2016	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (market for)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Quicklime - milled - loose (market for)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2011	Weight
Quicklime - in pieces - loose (at plant)	Australia	ICM Database	2019	Weight
Quicklime - in pieces - loose (quicklime production)	Rest-of-World (Ecoinvent)	ecoinvent	2000	Weight
Quicklime - in pieces - loose (quicklime production)	Quebec, CA	ecoinvent	2012	Weight
Quicklime - in pieces - loose (quicklime production)	Switzerland	ecoinvent	2000	Weight