Go Green With Sika Roofing
Green Globes® is a green building guidance and assessment program much like USGBC's LEED. Green Globes offers an effective, practical and affordable way to advance the overall environmental performance and sustainability of commercial buildings.
Unlike LEED, Green Globes is a nationally recognized Standard Development Organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). This means that Green Globes was developed using a consensus based process assuring open disclosure and stake holder review. USGBC used their own process to develop LEED.
SIKA'S ROOFING AND WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS PLAY A ROLE
Site
Sika Roofing's systems can contribute to multiple points in Green Globes Site category.
| Mitigating Heat Island Effect | Sarnafil® or Sikaplan® PVC Membranes, Sikalastic® Liquid-Applied Membranes, and Hydrotech® Ultimate Assembly® and Garden Roof® Assemblies qualify as highly reflective solutions or vegetated roofing which help to reduce the heat island effect, and contributes to the possible six points. |
| Stormwater Management | During heavy rainfall, runoff from impervious surfaces such as pavements and rooftops can cause problems including sewer overflow and water pollution. Hydrotech® Blue Roofs can be designed to retain rainwater and discharge it to the sewer system at a slower rate to alleviate storm surges. Hydrotech® Garden Roof® Assemblies also can retain some rainwater. Both systems contribute to the possible 17 points. |
| Stormwater Management | Sika® Drainage Mat is a prefabricated drainage composite that can be used to collect and convey excess water in areas such as plaza decks, split slabs, planters, and garden roofs. This solution can contribute to the possible 17 points. |
Energy
Sika Roofing's products and systems can contribute to multiple points in Green Globes Energy category.
| Energy Performance | Sika’s roof insulation products have enhanced thermal capabilities that reduce loading on HVAC systems due to outdoor air infiltration. This results in lower energy use and cost savings associated with building heating and cooling, and contributes to the possible 180 points. |
| Energy Performance | Sarnafil® or Sikaplan® PVC membranes and Sikalastic® Liquid-Applied Membranes qualify as highly reflective solutions. Hydrotech® Ultimate Assembly® and Garden Roof® Assemblies provide insulating properties to roofing systems. All solutions increase energy efficiency and contribute to the possible 180 points. |
| Energy Performance | The Sika® SolaRoof System combines energy efficient roof solutions with photovoltaic panels to generate energy for the building’s use and contributes to the possible five points. |
Monitoring and Reporting
| Product Life Cycle | Several Sika products have Type III, product-specific EPDs. For a comprehensive list of all Sika® product EPDs, visit the Sika Corporation (USA) website. For American Hydrotech’s current EPDs, please visit the American Hydrotech® website. The solutions contribute to the possible 40 points. |
| Construction Waste | Sika® Roofing offers an old roof recycling program for PVC membranes that has accepted and recycled more than 90,000,000 pounds of materials. Participating in this program reduces the project’s carbon footprint, reduces waste, and saves customers money. This contributes up to two points. |
| Product Sustainable Material Attributes | 10-foot wide Sarnafil® and Sikaplan® PVC roofing membranes as well as a few other membrane products all contain an average of 10 percent recycled vinyl content from pre- and post-consumer sources. Hydrotech® MM6125® contains pre-and post-consumer recycled content with up to 40% post-consumer content. Sika’s polyester fleece reinforcement used in Sikalastic® RoofPro systems contains 98% recycled content. These solutions contribute to the possible 15 points. |
Indoor Envrionment
Sika Roofing's Low or No VOC emitting products can be used to obtain multiple points in Green Globes's Indoor Environment Category.
| Volatile Organic Compounds | Several Sika® Roofing products have undergone volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions testing. This testing is done in accordance with the California Department of Public Health (CPHD) Method v1.2-2017. This solution can contribute up to six points. . |
Download the full Green Globes Credits Guide.
Sika Roofing's credit contributions come from reductions in urban heat island effect, building energy consumption during use phase and reduction of building cooling loads, Sika's Roof Recycling Program for vinyl membranes, transparency documentation, low-emitting materials and others.