Durable floors for the food industry

When your food processing company is due for an expansion or renovation, your architect will suggest more and more sustainable materials, including flooring.

Which floor for the food industry, which has to meet so many requirements such as being chemical resistant, resistant to high temperatures, resistant to heavy forklift traffic is also a good investment in the long run ?

Ucrete industrial floors from Master Builders Solutions

Ucrete industrial floors contribute to sustainability throughout their life cycle in many ways.
The long life of Ucrete floors, often still in use after 20 to 30 years, helps to save precious resources. After all, there is no greater waste of raw materials, time and enrgy than floors that are broken up and thrown away after 5 to 10 years.

Climate Protection

Ucrete floors contribute to climate protection and energy conservation, as demonstrated by an independent environmental impact assessment.

BMG Engineering in Zurich conducted such an assessment for Ucrete flooring. They took a look at the scenario of a commercial kitchen, for example in a hospital or school, and compared a Ucrete UD200 floor with a typical tile floor for the same application. The results were convincing: per square meter, a comparable tile floor was found to require up to 50% more cumulative energy, have a 70% higher global warming potential and 200% higher ozone depletion potential, and consume 50% more water than a 9 mm thick Ucrete UD200 floor.

Sustainable building

Systems to assess the sustainability of a building are increasingly important in the construction industry and confirm that Ucrete floors are a sustainable choice.

The Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Green Building Rating System LEED^® involves a process for assessing whether a project is designed and built in a sustainable manner. This process measures critical factors for human and environmental health: sustainable site access, water conservation, energy efficiency, material selection and indoor environmental quality.

In terms of material selection, points can be earned by using more sustainable and environmentally friendly materials. There is a Product Information Statement for LEED^® New Construction (NC) Version 3.O Credit Documentation available for all Ucrete floor systems.

Healthy indoor air quality

Clean air is becoming increasingly important. Emissions affecting air quality are controlled with varying national legislation and voluntary standards.

Eurofins' Indoor Air Comfort Gold certification combines the most stringent specifications of all relevant European regulations and voluntary labels. Production audits and quality controls guarantee that Ucrete meets all emission standards for indoor flooring, including AgBB in Germany, M1 in Finland and Afsset in France. Measurements according to Afsset award Ucrete an A+, the best French emission score.

This demonstrates that Ucrete is a clean product with no volatiles that could affect food or compromise the well-being of personnel.

Ensuring our safety

In practice, Ucrete floors help our customers in numerous industries operate sustainably. For example, when manufacturers use aggressive and harmful chemicals, Ucrete provides a barrier so they do not enter the environment.

The various anti-slip profiles in which Ucrete is available ensure that everyone can work safely and accidents are prevented.

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