Emission Factor

Adobe brick (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is adobe brick production. The reference product is adobe brick. The product adobe brick represents artisanal bricks produced from clay and organic material, such as straw. Their production includes the mixing of raw materials, forming, drying, and storage. The mixing of raw materials is done with the help of the trampling of a horse, while the forming process is done by hand. On average, adobe bricks weigh 21.96 kg and have dimensions of (23 x 48 x 13) cm (width x length x height). Adobe bricks are generally used for construction of walls and roofs. 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/27985/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameAdobe brick (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
2022
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/kg
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_adobe_brick_adobe_brick_production
UUID
70c41abf-302a-4b38-a671-5868db8efae1
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