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Meridian Brick - Burlington — Canada

Other Manufacturing in Canada. Approximate location 43.412, -79.8026.

Other ManufacturingCanadaCO₂ estimate (modelled)

Meridian Brick - Burlington is a manufacturing plant in Canada. Heavy manufacturing facilities run a range of heat-intensive processes (rubber, plastics, pressure vessels); maintaining process heat efficiently is critical to cost control. It emits about 21,726 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE. That is 0.03% of the CO₂e from the 127 facilities in Canada that have an emissions figure in IndustryAtlas.

21,726t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#114CO₂ rank in Canada

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3193718.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityMeridian Brick - Burlington Climate TRACE
CountryCanada Climate TRACE
Coordinates43.412, -79.8026 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorother-manufacturing Climate TRACE
Modelled CO₂e21,726 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

Canada rank#114 of 127 · top 89.8% calculated
Global other-manufacturing rank#270 of 398 · top 67.8% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Owner / operatorNot available not in dataset
Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: other-manufacturing. As manufacturing plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–600°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Heavy manufacturing facilities run a range of heat-intensive processes (rubber, plastics, pressure vessels); maintaining process heat efficiently is critical to cost control.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 21,726 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

288tanker trucks of gasoline burned
2.9khomes' total energy use for a year
362ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 22k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), Meridian Brick - Burlington carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €1.6M/yr.

22k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€1.6M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Local climate

Meridian Brick - Burlington sits in a warm-summer humid continental climate zone (Köppen Dfb), at 43.4°N in the northern hemisphere.

~6°Ctypical annual mean
~19°Ctypical warm-season
Warm-summer humid continental: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a moderately corrosive environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C3 — Medium), with thermal cycling the leading environmental stress.

C3ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
33/100environmental-severity index
25.9°Cseasonal temperature swing
96 kmdistance to coast
ModerateCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1412 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.09× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 43.412, -79.8026. View on OpenStreetMap. Location shown at industrial-zone / municipality precision (shared source geocode).

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is Meridian Brick - Burlington?

Meridian Brick - Burlington is a manufacturing plant in Canada. Heavy manufacturing facilities run a range of heat-intensive processes (rubber, plastics, pressure vessels); maintaining process heat efficiently is critical to cost control.

How much CO₂ does Meridian Brick - Burlington emit?

The page uses about 21,726 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #114 among facilities in Canada by estimated CO₂.

Where is Meridian Brick - Burlington located?

Meridian Brick - Burlington is in Canada at approximately 43.412, -79.8026.

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