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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 4 Contributions of brick wall materials production process to global warming potential (GWP), ozone depletion potential (ODP), photochemical ozone creation potential (POCP), human toxicity potential (HTP) for the production of 1 m2 of wall

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

Specific contributions

GWP (kg CO2eq)

ODP (mg R11eq)

POCP (g Etheneeq)

HTP (kg DCBeq)a

Total

85.904

7.318

41.628

19.461

Brick

69.997

6.485

30.902

17.178

 Manufacturing

68.371

6.181

29.845

16.586

 Transport

1.626

0.304

1.057

0.592

Plaster

4.206

0.392

2.017

0.963

 Manufacturing

3.747

0.306

1.718

0.796

 Transport

0.459

0.086

0.299

0.167

Light mortar

0.592

0.027

0.174

0.098

 Manufacturing

0.563

0.022

0.155

0.087

 Transport

0.029

0.005

0.019

0.010

Polystyrene XPSb panels

9.741

0.334

8.173

1.036

 Manufacturing

9.687

0.324

8.138

1.016

 Transport

0.054

0.010

0.035

0.020

Mortar

1.368

0.080

0.362

0.187

 Manufacturing

1.276

0.062

0.302

0.154

 Transport

0.092

0.018

0.060

0.033

Assembling (manually)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

  1. Brick wall (1 m2)
  2. a1,4-dichlorobenzene
  3. bExtruded polystyrene foam