Emission Factor

Concrete - normal (concrete - all types to generic market for concrete - normal strength)

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Emission factor summary

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.8. The product "concrete, normal" represents a generic dataset that was created to facilitate users who do not have specific information about the type of concrete. In the ecoinvent database, for all geographies outside Switzerland, concrete, normal represents concrete with strengths between 20 and 35MPa. In the case of Switzerland, concrete, normal represents B35/25 (based on SIA 162), which is between C20/25 and C25/30, based on SIA 262. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. The reference product amount is 1.

PropertyValue
NameConcrete - normal (concrete - all types to generic market for concrete - normal strength)
SectorMaterials and Manufacturing
CategoryBuilding Materials
Sourceecoinvent
Region
Unit Type
Year
2021
Year Released
2021
Emission Factor
  • CO2e0000kg/m3
LCA Activity
Refer to source
Supported CO2e Calculation Method
AR4, AR5
Data Versioning
  • Status: Current

API Reference

Activity ID
building_materials-type_concrete_normal_concrete_all_types_to_generic_market_for_concrete_normal_strength
UUID
231baa29-3b48-442e-afea-cdcc81d63387
Code Snippet
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