Emission Factor

Gravel - round (gravel and sand quarry operation)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is gravel and sand quarry operation. The reference product is gravel, round. The product "gravel, round" represents round gravel, which is co-produced with sand in the same process. The module corresponds to the production of 1 kg of sand (35%) and gravel (65%). The largest use of construction sand and gravel is as aggregate for the production of concrete. The second largest use is as foundation material for highways, railways, runways, etc. Other major uses include aggregate for hot mix asphalt, and filler for highway, dam, and other back-filling. Smaller volumes of construction sand and gravel are used in plaster and gunite sands, snow and ice control, and railroad ballast. The amounts of reference products were expressed relative to the production volumes. 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/9017/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameGravel - round (gravel and sand quarry operation)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryMined Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1997
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_gravel_round_gravel_and_sand_quarry_operation
UUID
835be0fc-929e-4e06-b3a7-24aadf24be33
Code Snippet
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