Polymer Alloy 2000SD

Declaration details

Manufacturer

Dudick Inc.

Program operator

Smart EPD

Declaration number

SmartEPD-2024-039-0177-01

Date of issue

October 15, 2024

Valid until

October 15, 2029

Product category rules (PCR)

NSF PCR for Resinous Floor Coatings (version 1e)

Standard

ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017

Functional unit

1 m2 of product of covered and protected flooring surface for a period of 60 years

System boundary

Cradle to grave (A1 – A3, A4, A5, B1 - B7, C1 - C4)

Product specificity

Product Specific

Manufacturing specificity

Facility Specific

Manufacturing plant

Dudick - Streetsboro, OH (1818 Miller Parkway, Streetsboro, OH, USA)

Product category

Finishes › Flooring › OtherFlooring

Product SKU

260D0766ABXD

Product service life

60 years

Verifier

Ranjani Theregowda, Smart EPD LLC

LCA software

SimaPro 9.5

Program instructions

Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.1.0, November 2022

Life cycle assessment results

Results per 1 m2 of product of covered and protected flooring surface for a period of 60 years.

Environmental Impact Assessment Results

Resource Use Indicators

Waste and Output Flow Indicators

Carbon Emissions and Removals

ND = not declared. Life cycle modules: A1-A3 product stage, A4-A5 construction process, B use stage, C end of life, D benefits and loads beyond the system boundary.

Material composition

Hazardous substances

Polyoxypropylene-2, 10-diamine (9046-10-0)

4-tert-Butylphenol (98-54-4)

Benzyl alcohol (100-51-6)

Isophoronediamine (2855-13-2)

Epoxy phenol novolac resin (28064-14-4)

Neopentyl diglycidyl ether (17557-23-2)

Scenarios

Transport to the building site (A4)

Fuel type

Diesel

Vehicle type

Truck and Trailer

Transport distance

1.560e+03

Capacity utilization

33%

Weight of products transported

1.640e+00

Packaging mass

2.505e-01

End of life (C1-C4)

Collected with mixed construction waste

1.64 kg

Landfill

1.476 kg

Incineration

0.164 kg

Product description

A static dissipative, semi self-leveling novolac epoxy floor topping engineered to instill electrostatic

control characteristics. This product uses a moisture-tolerant primer to achieve a strongly bonded

monolithic topping with moderate chemical resistance to splash and spillage, and good physical

and mechanical properties.

Interpretation

Manufacturing of Dudick Inc.'s products involves the direct procurement of raw materials from suppliers. These materials are then transported to Dudick Inc.'s manufacturing facilities where they are stored and mixed to produce the coatings. Notably, the product stage (stage 1) has the highest impact contribution, mainly attributed to the environmental impacts associated with raw material manufacturing.

At the application site, coatings are spray or brush applied to various structural components to add a protective barrier to the concrete substrate. The use stage (stage 3) has a smaller contribution to the overall life cycle performance.

For the analysis, It was assumed that Dudick's coatings require one initial coating application and multiple recoats to achieve the recommended service life of 60 years, aligning with the building's life cycle. The results were presented per one square meter of covered and protected substrate at a recommended coating thickness.

The greatest contribution can be found in the use and maintenance stage due to the effect of the required repaints that will multiply the contribution of the product and design & construction stages together with the product application by the required number of recoats.

For one single recoat, production stage, has the highest impact across all impact categories due mainly to the manufacture and transport of raw material, with some contribution of the manufacturing stage. At the application site, coatings are spray or brush applied to various exterior steel structural components to add a protective barrier to the steel substrate. This activity has a smaller contribution to the overall life cycle performance. End-of-life impacts are generally limited because most of the product is assumed to be landfilled, although impacts accumulate at each successive recoating.

Given that the raw materials used in product manufacturing have the most significant impact, there are opportunities to substitute these materials with alternatives that have a lower environmental impact or to work with supplies in order to reduce impact along the supply chain.