Emission Factor

Canal (market for)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is market for canal. The Reference Product is canal. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a "canal". The infrastructure is characterised by a width of 42 m, an average depth of 4m and a canal bed area of 42m2/m, while every 10 meters at each edge is modelled as road traffic area. It also has a lifetime of 118 years. The process includes construction material input, electricity consumption for the construction, land use and maintenance, but it excludes the end-of-life of the canal. 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/2000/documentation

PropertyValue
NameCanal (market for)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m-year
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
cradle_to_consumer
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

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Activity ID
construction-type_canal_market_for_canal
UUID
1f1906df-9ddc-4baf-9812-32ae58da5471
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