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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 2 Flows (inputs and outputs) of 1 m2 brick wall manufacturing processes

From: Massive wood material for sustainable building design: the Massiv–Holz–Mauer wall system

 

Input

Output

Brick

RERa: brick production

Bricks (227 kg)

Energy (diesel) consumed by a 32-t payload EURO5 truck to transport the bricks per 84.2 km

Plaster

RER: cover plaster production, mineral

Plaster (27 kg)

Energy (diesel) consumed by a 32-t payload EURO5 truck to transport the plaster per 200 km

Light mortar

CHb: light mortar production

Light mortar (1 kg)

Energy (diesel) consumed by a 32-t payload EURO5 truck to transport the light mortar per 342 km

Polystyrene XPS panels

CH: polystyrene foam slab for perimeter insulation

Polystyrene XPSc panels (2.4 kg)

Energy (diesel) consumed by a 32-t payload EURO5 truck to transport the polystyrene XPS panel per 264 km

Mortar

CH: cement mortar production

Mortar (5.4 kg)

Energy (diesel) consumed by a 32-t payload EURO5 truck to transport the mortar per 200 km

Brick wall assembling (manually)

Bricks + plaster + light mortar + polystyrene XPS panels + mortar

1 m2 of brick wall

  1. aEurope
  2. bSwitzerland
  3. cExtruded polystyrene foam