Emission Factor

Composting facility - open (composting facility construction)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is composting facility construction, open. The Reference Product is composting facility, open. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a composting facility, open. The facility has a treating capactiy of 10,000 tons biogenic waste per year, with an assumed lifetime of 25 years. The process includes land use, building materials and their decommission. 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/1594/documentation

PropertyValue
NameComposting facility - open (composting facility construction)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1999
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/number
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_composting_facility_open_composting_facility_construction_open
UUID
19601517-5c33-4ab8-9e9e-9124e5132b9e
Code Snippet
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