Table 10 Carbon emission factors of main building materials/common energy.

From: Evaluation of road performance and carbon emission accounting analysis of recycled aggregates from construction and demolition waste

Carbon source

Unit

Carbon emission factor

References

Portland cement (P.O42.5)

kg CO2eq/t

920

A study on embodied environmental profile during the lifecycle of cement45

Lime

747

Carbon emission calculation standard for buildings46

Gravel

2.18

Recycled brick

1.09

Recycled cement concrete

1.09

Diesel oil

2270

2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories47

Electric power (North China)

kg CO2eq/(kw h)

1.246

Provincial greenhouse gas inventory guidelines48