Emission Factor

Bark chips - green - measured as dry mass (oriented strand board production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is oriented strand board production. The Reference Product is bark chips, green, measured as dry mass. The product bark chips, wet, measured as dry mass represents bark which has been further chopped into chips. The weight is expressed as dry mass. Bark chips are produced at the sawmill site or, if debarking already takes place in the forest, in the forest. They are further produced as by-product in pulping activities and wood processing activities such as fibreboard production and particleboard production. Bark chips are used as wood fuel. 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/11101/documentation

PropertyValue
NameBark chips - green - measured as dry mass (oriented strand board production)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryTimber and Forestry Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
2012
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
timber_forestry-type_bark_chips_wet_measured_as_dry_mass_oriented_strand_board_production
UUID
29316103-068b-483d-a5cb-8f9fe64b0b85
Code Snippet
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