Emission Factor
Foam glass (production - without cullet)
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Emission factor summary
The activity generating the emissions is foam glass production, without cullet. The Reference Product is foam glass. This product is a foam glass that is used as building material. It represents a foam glass of a density of 110 kg/m3 and a thermal conductivity of 0.040 W/mK, while it can be produced with or without cullet. 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/1329/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Foam glass (production - without cullet) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Building Materials |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2005 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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API Reference
Activity ID
building_materials-type_foam_glass_foam_glass_production_without_cullet
UUID
1fe35d49-3ddd-4012-b472-8d1b52512a79
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