Emission Factor

Concrete block (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is concrete block production. The reference product is concrete block. The product "concrete block" represents 1 kg of a 4 MPa hollow concrete block, with dimensions (140 x 390 x 190) mm (width x length x height) and average mass of 12.4 kg. The blocks are used in non-structural masonry walls and in structural masonry of houses and low-rise buildings. The reference product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation here for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.11/cutoff/dataset/29141/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameConcrete block (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2022
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_concrete_block_concrete_block_production
UUID
0fe0d5e9-3e04-41ad-9cbf-a2e2966a59d6
Code Snippet
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