Emission Factor

Joist - engineered wood (market for joist - engineered wood)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product 'engineered wood joist' also called I-joist because of its shape is an engineered wood product. It is a small beam composed of an upper and a lower chord either made out of jointed lumber (2"x3" 2"x3.5" or 2"x4" of dimension) or laminated veneer lumber (LVL 2"x3" or 2"x4" of dimension) glued perpendicularly to a central web of oriented strand board (OSB 0.375" thick x 9.875" high for lumber or 11.875" high for LVL). The product represents a weighted average of the different chord types combined with the OSB web for 1 m of joist. Engineered wood joist are used as construction materials. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameJoist - engineered wood (market for joist - engineered wood)
SectorAgriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing
CategoryTimber and Forestry Products
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.10
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2023
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
timber_forestry-type_joist_engineered_wood_market_for_joist_engineered_wood
UUID
948e96b2-4123-481d-b34e-126185de98e7
Code Snippet
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