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Tower silo - plastic (tower silo production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is tower silo production, plastic. The Reference Product is tower silo, plastic. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a "tower silo, plastic". It models a typical tower silo, with a foundation made of concrete and a tower silo made of glass fibre reinforced polyester. It has a size of 105 m3 and a lifetime of 25 years. The process includes construction material inputs, building machines and materials for their repair and replacement and end-of-life for the building infrastructure. It excludes direct emissions from construction, end-of-life of production and the resources used during utilization phase of the building. 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/3786/documentation

PropertyValue
NameTower silo - plastic (tower silo production)
SectorEquipment
CategoryStorage
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12
Region
Unit Type
Year
1994
Year Released
2025
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/m3
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
source_specific
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
equipment_storage-type_tower_silo_plastic_tower_silo_production_plastic
UUID
8d30a168-c416-4484-8a49-e6384af9e8d3
Code Snippet
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