Emission Factor

Gypsum fibreboard (production)

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Emission factor summary

The activity generating the emissions is gypsum fibreboard production. The reference product is gypsum fibreboard. The product "gypsum fibreboard" represents gypsum fibreboard produced 100% from natural gypsum (no FGD). Gypsum fibre boards are produced in the following way: The gypsum is mixed with water, fibres and additives and evenly spread on the belt of a calender. The board is pressed and when the gypsum is set, the edges are cut and the surplus water is removed by drying for about one hour in a kiln. Finally the boards are cut and packed. Gypsum fibre board consists of gypsum with 15-20% cellulose fibres. This product has a density of 1000 - 1250 kg/m3 and a thermal conductivity of 0.36 W/mK. Gypsum boards have good sound-absorbing properties and because of the constitutional water they show a good fire resistance and consequently often are used where these properties are required. 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/139/documentation.

PropertyValue
NameGypsum fibreboard (production)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Source DatasetCut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.11
Region
Unit Type
Year
1997
Year Released
2024
Emission Factor
  • CO2e
    kg/kg
Scopes3.1, 3.2
LCA Activity
unknown
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR5, AR6
Data Versioning
  • Status: Replaced
  • Replaced in: 29Version log
  • Replaced by: e5371c77-3480-424b-a688-97b7dc466a30

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_gypsum_fibreboard_gypsum_fibreboard_production
UUID
e5b9e70d-2df1-4892-bb48-7f77bea0cf16
Code Snippet
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