Emission Factor
Light clay brick (production)
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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 transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7253/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Light clay brick (production) |
| Sector | Materials and Manufacturing |
| Category | Mined Materials |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 1992 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
mined_materials-type_light_clay_brick_light_clay_brick_production
UUID
8727e829-c351-499e-8ade-0d990c10fdd7
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