Environmental Product Declaration
DensiKure
by PROSOCO
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for DensiKure, manufactured by PROSOCO. Declaration SmartEPD-2025-104-0715-01, prepared according to Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2, valid until December 17, 2030.
- Declared unit
- 1 kg of product
- Valid until
- December 17, 2030
- PCR
- Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2
Declaration details
- Manufacturer
- PROSOCO
- Program operator
- Smart EPD
- Declaration number
- SmartEPD-2025-104-0715-01
- Date of issue
- December 17, 2025
- Valid until
- December 17, 2030
- Product category rules (PCR)
- Smart EPD® Part A Product Category Rules for Building and Construction Products and Services, 1000, v1.2 (version 1.2)
- Standard
- ISO 14025:2006 and ISO 21930:2017
- Declared unit
- 1 kg of product
- System boundary
- Cradle to gate (A1 - A3)
- Product specificity
- Product Specific
- Manufacturing specificity
- Facility Specific
- Manufacturing plant
- PROSOCO (3741 Greenway Cir, Lawrence, KS 66046, USA)
- Verifier
- Rifat Karim, Independent Consultant
- LCA software
- SimaPro 9.6
- Program instructions
- Smart EPD General Program Instructions v.2.0, March 2025
Life cycle assessment results
Results per 1 kg of product.
Environmental Impact Assessment Results
| Indicator | Unit | A1 | A2 | A3 | A1-A3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWP-total | kg CO2 eq | 7.93e-1 | 1.74e-1 | 2.53e-1 | 1.22e+0 |
| GWP-biogenic | kg CO2 eq | 1.10e-3 | 3.94e-5 | 9.03e-3 | 1.02e-2 |
| GWP-fossil | kg CO2 eq | 7.91e-1 | 1.74e-1 | 2.43e-1 | 1.21e+0 |
| GWP-luluc | kg CO2 eq | 9.27e-4 | 7.80e-5 | 2.98e-4 | 1.30e-3 |
| ODP | kg CFC 11 eq | 8.64e-7 | 2.34e-9 | 1.77e-9 | 8.68e-7 |
| AP | kg SO2 eq | 3.34e-3 | 9.06e-4 | 6.12e-4 | 4.86e-3 |
| EP-marine | kg N eq | 4.02e-4 | 2.10e-4 | 1.41e-4 | 7.53e-4 |
| EP-freshwater | kg P eq | 1.61e-4 | 1.26e-5 | 2.27e-4 | 4.01e-4 |
| POCP | kg O3 eq | 4.66e-2 | 2.49e-2 | 8.26e-3 | 7.98e-2 |
| ADP-fossil | MJ | 1.24e+1 | 2.39e+0 | 2.62e+0 | 1.74e+1 |
Resource Use Indicators
| Indicator | Unit | A1 | A2 | A3 | A1-A3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERE | MJ, net calorific value | 8.66e-1 | 3.35e-2 | 1.01e+0 | 1.91e+0 |
| PERM | MJ, net calorific value | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| PERT | MJ, net calorific value | 8.66e-1 | 3.35e-2 | 1.01e+0 | 1.91e+0 |
| PENRE | MJ, net calorific value | 8.47e+0 | 2.58e+0 | 1.05e-1 | 1.12e+1 |
| PENRM | MJ, net calorific value | 2.88e+0 | 0 | 1.49e+0 | 4.37e+0 |
| PENRT | MJ, net calorific value | 1.13e+1 | 2.58e+0 | 1.60e+0 | 1.55e+1 |
| SM | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RSF | MJ, net calorific value | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NRSF | MJ, net calorific value | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RE | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | m3 | 6.17e-3 | 3.33e-4 | 7.55e-4 | 7.26e-3 |
Waste and Output Flow Indicators
| Indicator | Unit | A1 | A2 | A3 | A1-A3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HWD | kg | 0 | 0 | 8.86e-4 | 8.86e-4 |
| NHWD | kg | 0 | 0 | 5.33e-3 | 5.33e-3 |
| RWD | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CRU | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MFR | kg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MER | kg | 0 | 0 | 5.85e-4 | 5.85e-4 |
| EEE | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| EET | MJ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Carbon Emissions and Removals
| Indicator | Unit | A1 | A2 | A3 | A1-A3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCRP | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCEP | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BCRK | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | -6.67e-4 | -6.67e-4 |
| BCEK | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | ND | 0 |
| BCEW | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CCE | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CCR | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CWNR | kg CO2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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
| Material/Component Category | Origin | % Mass |
|---|---|---|
| Water | United States | 49% |
| Lithium Polysilicate | United States | 5% |
| Paraffin / Polyethylene Wax Blend Emulsion | United States | 9% |
| Potassium Polysilicate | United States | 38% |
| Packaging material | Origin | Mass (kg) |
|---|---|---|
| Polypropylene | United States | 7.71E-05 |
| HDPE | United States | 4.24E-02 |
| Recycled HDPE | United States | 3.06E-02 |
| Wood | United States | 2.90E-02 |
| LDPE | United States | 9.91E-04 |
| Cardboard | United States | 1.03E-03 |
| Biogenic carbon content | kg C per kg |
|---|---|
| Biogenic carbon content in accompanying packaging | 0.015 |
Hazardous substances
No regulated hazardous or dangerous substances are included in this product.
Product description
PROSOCO® DensiKure cures and densifies newly placed standard gray or integrally colored concrete. The product forms a membrane to lock in moisture to cure, improves abrasion resistance, reduces surface dusting, and reduces staining and color variations common to other curing methods.
Interpretation
The analysis of the PROSOCO hardener and densifier product provides useful insights regarding cradle-to-gate environmental impacts. The LCA results also identify where substantial impacts are occurring to allow further process and materials improvements to be implemented by the reporting company. The cradle-to-gate impacts for the DensiKure product is generally driven by the A1 raw material stage (50-99%) for many impact categories, other than freshwater and marine eutrophication, which are driven by A3, manufacturing (79% and 42%). In all other impact categories, A3 manufacturing constitutes the second highest driver of impacts.
Much of the data utilized for this Environmental Product Declaration is based on information supplied by the manufacturer. TrueNorth Collective is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of the data provided by the manufacturer or any information or conclusions derived therefrom.
LCIA results are relative expressions and do not predict impacts on category endpoints, the exceeding of thresholds, safety margins or risks. EPDs are comparable only when they follow the same PCR, functional unit and system boundary. The full EPD (PDF) contains the methodology, scenario assumptions and verification statement.