Emission Factor
Clay pit infrastructure (clay pit construction)
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The activity generating the emissions is clay pit construction. The Reference Product is clay pit infrastructure. This is an immobile infrastructure, representing the construction of a clay pit infrastructure. It is based on an operating plant with a yearly excavated amount of 100,000 tons. It has a lifetime of 50 years and a yearly production of 80,000,000 kg. The process includes constructed buildings and machineries, but excludes the land-use of the mining activities. 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/2073/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Clay pit infrastructure (clay pit construction) |
| Sector | Buildings and Infrastructure |
| Category | Construction |
| 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, 3.2 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
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Activity ID
construction-type_clay_pit_infrastructure_clay_pit_construction
UUID
e1775fa2-2219-45a6-9fdf-c1dd371389e9
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