Research Article
Carbon Footprint of Recycled Aggregate Concrete
Table 3
Inventory of CO2-e, energy, and materials.
| Input | Factor | Unit | Context | Reference |
| Cement | 0.745 | kg CO2-e/kg | Mexico, 2004 | [15] |
| Explosives | | | | | Yield | 0.465 | kg product/m3 | Mexico, 2014 | [16] | Emission | 0.440 | kg CO2-e/kg | Australia, 2013 | [10] |
| Diesel | | | | | Yield | 3.000 | km/L | Mexico, 2014 | [16] | Emission | 2.680 | kg CO2-e/L | Australia, 2013 | [10] |
| Coarse | | | | | Yield for normal | 1.320 | m3 stone/1000 kg | Mexico, 2014 | [16] | Yield for recycled | 0.002 | m3 debris/kg | Mexico, 2014 | [16] | Emission | 0.041 | kg CO2-e/kg | Australia, 2013 | [10] |
| Fine | | | | | Yield | 1.120 | m3 stone/1000 kg | Mexico, 2014 | [16] | Emission | 0.014 | kg CO2-e/kg | Australia, 2013 | [10] |
| Electricity | 0.458 | kg CO2-e/KWH | Mexico, 2015 | [17] |
| Water | 0.540 | KWH/m3 | Mexico, 2011 | [18] |
| Concrete | | | | | Casting and laying | 0.012 | kg CO2-e/kg | Australia, 2013 | [10] |
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