Emission Factor

Window frame - poly vinyl chloride - U=1.6 W/m2K (window frame production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is window frame production, poly vinyl chloride, U=1.6 W/m2K. The reference product is window frame, poly vinyl chloride, U=1.6 W/m2K. The product "window frame, poly vinyl chloride, U=1.6 W/m2K" represents a plastic window frame with 1 m2 visible area. 1 m2 of visible plastic window frame weighs 94.5 kg. Its production includes injection moulding and extrusion of PVC, section bar rolling for steel fittings, section bar extrusion for aluminium parts, and the process heat waste. The window glass is not included. This product does not include the end-of-life of materials used to construct it. 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/1982/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameWindow frame - poly vinyl chloride - U=1.6 W/m2K (window frame production)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1996
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_window_frame_poly_vinyl_chloride_u_eqt_1.6_w_per_m2k_window_frame_production_poly_vinyl_chloride_u_eqt_1.6_w_per_m2k
UUID
89d41c1d-43ce-4fcf-84e4-745ea2bdea28
Code Snippet
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