SIKA'S SUSTAINABILITY COMMITMENT
A PRIMARY BUILDING BLOCK OF CONSTRUCTION IS ALSO A PRIMARY SOURCE OF SUSTAINABILITY.
As a global company, Sika is committed to sustainable development through continuously measuring, improving, reporting and communicating sustainable value creation. "More values, less impact" refers to Sika's commitment to maximize the value of our solutions and contributions to all stakeholders while reducing risks and resource consumption.
With this in mind, Sika is taking steps to provide our customers with the information and supporting documents to capture our product contributions to sustainable construction. Moreover, all aspects of Sika encompass a commitment to our Communities, our Environment and our Employees.
SIKA ADMIXTURES FOR CONCRETE - CONTRIBUTIONS TO LEEDv4.1
Sika's admixtures for concrete offer credit options for the Material and Resources Category of LLEDv4.1 including Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and Material Ingredient Reporting - Manufacturer Inventories. Please click on the following links to learn more about these credits and our respective admixtures that contribute to each credit.
GOOD MATERIAL CHOICES & MIX DESIGN
EXPERTS IN LOCAL MATERIALS
With some of the most experienced sales professionals in the industry, our technical team has the ability to help concrete producers best utilize locally available materials and design concrete mixes that meet durability requirements.
Sika scc zONE
Sika ViscoCrete technology enables up to 40% reduction of water content in concrete. Visit the Sika SCC Zone to learn more about self consolidating concrete, use our mix design tool, and learn about our ViscoCrete technology that will help reduce environmental impact of your next project.
DESIGN FOR DURABILITY
Concrete that lasts is concrete that is sustainable. Our SikaGrind products for cement grinding can improve both early and late age concrete strengths while our admixtures can directly help improve the long term durability of concrete.
EFFICIENCY IN MANUFACTURE AND PLACEMENT
OPTIMIZE THE MIX
Our ViscoCrete water reducers have the ability to help concrete producers optimize concrete mix designs by reducing cement contents and utilizing higher volumes of SCM's. In addition, enhanced strength from our SikaGrind products for cement means less cement is necessary for concrete. Our concrete professionals have access to specialized mix design software that indicates the most efficient materials and weights for best possible particle packing.
REDUCE ENERGY FOR GRINDING & CURING
With SikaGrind, cement producers have the ability to enhance production rates, this means making more products with less energy. For Precasters & Contractors, we can help reduce the energy used for curing through the use of Sika accelerators.
MIX CONSISTENCY
Rejected concrete due to inconsistency or non-conformance is a big issue; it not only hurts a producer’s bottom line but the environment. Sika ViscoFlow products provide controlled workability retention, which minimize air fluctuations and prevent jobsite water addition. In addition, our Sika Air Entrainer products provide some of the most consistent, stable, high quality plastic and hardened air contents. This mean fewer rejections and higher durability.
