Emission Factor

Clay pit infrastructure (market for clay pit infrastructure)

Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. 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 cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameClay pit infrastructure (market for clay pit infrastructure)
SectorBuildings and Infrastructure
CategoryConstruction
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2011
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/number
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5

API Reference

Activity ID
construction-type_clay_pit_infrastructure_market_for_clay_pit_infrastructure
UUID
ef500434-cb57-4aaa-9eb3-a7abdc6a062f_6fe4040b-39c7-4d58-b95b-6ee1de4aedb3
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