Global

Clay - Brick

Alberta, CA

British Columbia, CA

Manitoba, CA

New Brunswick, CA

Newfoundland and Labrador, CA

Nova Scotia, CA

Northwest Territories, CA

Nunavut, CA

Ontario, CA

Prince Edward Island, CA

Quebec, CA

Saskatchewan, CA

Yukon, CA

Clay and ceramic products and refractories

Austria

Australia

Belgium

Bulgaria

Brazil

Canada

Switzerland

China

Cyprus

Czechia

Germany

Denmark

Estonia

Spain

Finland

France

United Kingdom

Greece

Croatia

Hungary

Indonesia

Ireland

India

Italy

Japan

Korea, Republic of

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

Ceramic goods

Clay brick - one brick - 215 x 65 x 102.5mm

Emission intensity of clay - Brick. Density needs to consider voids in the finished bricks. Average UK brick weighs 2.13 kg per brick (Source: The Brick Development Association). The source does not clarify if the kgCO2e value is calculated using either IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) or IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) methodologies.

Emission intensity of clay - brick. Density needs to consider voids in the finished bricks. Average UK brick weighs 2.13 kg per brick [Source: The Brick Development Association]. The source does not clarify if the kgCO2e value is calculated using the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) or IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) or IPCC Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) methodologies.

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: pottery/ceramics and plumbing fixture manufacturing. This factor is representative of the described goods or services category as defined by the 2017 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment. Retrieved from Supply Chain Factors Dataset v1.2.

Pottery/ceramics and plumbing fixture manufacturing

Emission intensity of supply chain (with margins i.e. cradle to shelf) in US dollars spend on: pottery/ceramics and plumbing fixture manufacturing. This factor is representative of the described goods or services category as defined by the 2017 version of the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS). Refer to the source for the source-specific data quality assessment. Retrieved from Supply Chain Factors Dataset v1.3.

Emission intensity of sanitary ceramics. The emission factor represents greenhouse gas emissions from the product production including electricity and transportation. Published by the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning. Retrieved from the China Products Carbon Footprint Factors Database (2022).

Sanitary ceramics

Emission intensity of Construction and demolition waste: Concrete /  bricks /  tiles and ceramics - Average end of life. Retrieved from the file Base Carbone v23.3 published by ADEME. Originally sourced from DPE - Order of October 21st 2021 (https://reseaux-chaleur.cerema.fr/espace-documentaire/dpe-des-reseaux-chaleur-et-froid-en-France). For detailed guidance on the application and interpretation of these emission factors please refer to the documentation provided by the source.

Construction and demolition waste: Concrete / bricks / tiles and ceramics - Average end of life

Emission intensity of Construction and demolition waste: Concrete /  bricks /  tiles and ceramics - End of life without recycling. Retrieved from the file Base Carbone v23.3 published by ADEME. Originally sourced from DPE - Order of October 21st 2021 (https://reseaux-chaleur.cerema.fr/espace-documentaire/dpe-des-reseaux-chaleur-et-froid-en-France). For detailed guidance on the application and interpretation of these emission factors please refer to the documentation provided by the source.

Construction and demolition waste: Concrete / bricks / tiles and ceramics - End of life without recycling

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "sanitary ceramics" represents ceramic products for the bathroom. Sanitary ceramics are clay-based and are made from a single clay or one or more clays mixed with mineral modifiers such as quartz and feldspar. The types of commercial clays used for ceramics are primarily kaolin and ball clay. Composition of ceramics might differ from case to case. This product refers to oxidic ceramics. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Sanitary ceramics (market for sanitary ceramics)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product "sanitary ceramics" represents ceramic products for the bathroom. Sanitary ceramics are clay-based and are made from a single clay or one or more clays mixed with mineral modifiers such as quartz and feldspar. The types of commercial clays used for ceramics are primarily kaolin and ball clay. Composition of ceramics might differ from case to case. This product refers to oxidic ceramics. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

Sanitary ceramics (sanitary ceramics production)

Emission intensity of sanitary ceramic. The lifecycle assessment for modules A1-A3 includes: the extraction and processing of raw materials (A1) their transportation to the manufacturer (A2) and the actual manufacturing of the product (A3). Retrieved from the Oekobaudat database v20.19.120.

Emission intensity of supply chain in EUR spend on: ceramic goods. Retrieved from the EXIOBASE v3.8.2 model outputs for products. These factors were calculated based on 2019 data. They include emissions from land-use. The split into constituent gases is not provided as the source does not provide a split of gases. The LCA boundaries of these factors are not defined by the source. These factors include effects of international trade.

Property	Value
Name	Clay - Brick
Sector	Materials and Manufacturing
Category	Ceramic Goods
Source	Circular Ecology
Region	Global (GLOBAL)
Unit Type	Weight
Year	2019 2024
LCA Activity	cradle_to_gate

Clay - Brick

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