Building construction emission factors

Construction of buildings as whole works (per m2 or per building). From 5 libraries, filed in one model so one publisher's factor compares with another's.

CategoryBuildings and infrastructure
Factors
1,324
Libraries
5
With their own page
7
Units with a page
JPY · CAD · m²
Largest library

1,192 factors, 90%

What the 7 factor pages say

One chart per unit, since a kilogram and a kWh do not compare. Colour is the boundary, what the factor counts; every row also names it.

Cradle to gateCradle to distribution gate

Per JPY · 4 factor pages

Linear scale, from 0
From 0.00107 (Health care structures, Open CEDA) to 0.0056 (Single-family residential structures, Open CEDA) kgCO₂e per JPY.

Per CAD

OpenIO-Canada puts Other commercial buildings at 0.299 kgCO₂e/CAD (Cradle to gate, 2022), the only factor page in this unit.

Per m²

ICM puts Building, hall at 538 kgCO₂e/m² (Cradle to distribution gate, 2015), the only factor page in this unit.

Per m² net floor area

ADEME puts Eco-built house "wood, straw, stone, earth" at 144 kgCO₂e/m² net floor area (Cradle to gate, 2015), the only factor page in this unit.

Source: the published factor pages, catalogue version 591.

Who publishes these factors

5 libraries publish them. Each name opens the library's page.

Open CEDA (1,192) and OpenIO-Canada (104) hold 98% of them; the other 3 publish the rest (28).

Source: open-climate.ai catalogue, version 591, coverage summed over libraries.

Every factor page

Sorted by library. Each factor is also on its library's page.

ActivityLibraryRegionBoundaryValueYear
Eco-built house "wood, straw, stone, earth"ADEMEFranceCradle to gate144 kgCO₂e/m² net floor area2015
Building, hallICMAustraliaCradle to distribution gate538 kgCO₂e/m²2015
Health care structuresOpen CEDALithuaniaCradle to gate0.00107 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Multifamily residential structuresOpen CEDAOpen CEDA Rest of WorldCradle to gate0.00204 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Other nonresidential structuresOpen CEDASingaporeCradle to gate0.00404 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Single-family residential structuresOpen CEDAThailandCradle to gate0.0056 kgCO₂e/JPY2025
Other commercial buildingsOpenIO-CanadaSaskatchewanCradle to gate0.299 kgCO₂e/CAD2022

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