Emission Factor

Light clay brick (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is light clay brick production. The reference product is light clay brick. The raw materials for light clay bricks are clay and straw. After mixing them with water and pressed into a form they are dried by heat from natural gas. Light clay bricks are mainly used for framework renovation, for insulation of wooden beam ceilings and floors and for inner and exterior walls. The use as exterior walls needs a water-repellent outside plaster. 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/7253/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameLight clay brick (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1992
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
mined_materials-type_light_clay_brick_light_clay_brick_production
UUID
2fdba448-53eb-4c2b-8692-2eab702ed8f0
Code Snippet
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