Location: GLO - Global
This dataset represents the production of 1 kg of brick. Data was obtained from literature values (average data from 12 Swiss brick plants) that were corrected and updated for some flows. Note that no hard coal coke is used within these 12 plants.
includes first ginding process, wet process (includes second ginding, mixing and plastifying), storage, forming (extruding molding method) and cutting, drying, firing, loading, packing and storage
not included: charge of the wastewater and solid waste, it's assumed that the waste heat is totally reused for drying, no hard coal coke is used within these 12 plants
Undefined unit processes (UPRs) are the unlinked, multi-product activity datasets that form the basis for all of the system models available in the ecoinvent database. This is the way the datasets are obtained and entered into the database by the data providers. These activity datasets are useful for investigating the environmental impacts of a specific activity (gate-to-gate), without regard to its upstream or downstream impacts.