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Accelerating a Sustainable Future in Construction Chemicals
Leading the transition to a more sustainable and resilient construction industry.
Building better, together
At Dow Construction Chemicals, we are committed to leading the transition to a more sustainable construction industry. We are doing this through decarbonization efforts, product innovations, and our partnerships with customers, with an eye to expanding from our core expertise in building materials to solutions that enhance the built environment.
Collaborating with customers, we are constantly innovating to develop products with exceptional performance and durability to help them meet their own sustainability ambitions.
Our sustainability commitments
We are sourcing alternative materials to advance bio-based solutions that deliver equal performance.
We are creating high-performing, durable and novel solutions that help our customers do more with less.
We are advancing technologies to manufacture our products with lower GHG emissions, helping decarbonize value chains all the way down to the consumer.
Sustainable construction solutions
At Dow, we combine decades of expertise in construction chemicals with a commitment to sustainability, meeting the industry's demand for bio-based materials, resource efficiency, and low-carbon solutions. Our portfolio integrates natural ingredients, reduces material use, and supports lower carbon solutions.
Ingredients derived from nature
Together with customers, we are advancing bio-based solutions for the construction industry by using ingredients that are derived from nature.
The Ecolibrium™ brand represents products from our WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers product family manufactured using cellulose from wood or cotton linters. These products are an inherently bio-based additive with approximately over 78% bio-based carbon content. Furthermore, the wood or cotton linters are sourced from certified sustainable sources, guaranteeing their renewable origin.
Maximizing performance and durability
To reduce the need for maintenance and renovation, we are maximizing the performance and durability of our customers’ products to extend the lifetime of building components.
Our high-performance products provide added sustainability benefits including:
- Dry-mix additives that enable the use of less cement in mortar applications;
- Binders and liquid flashings that reduce energy costs and emissions; and
- High-performance silicones that improve building and infrastructure longevity.
Explore solutions enabling resource efficiency
Cool Reflective Roof Coatings
Looking for an elastomeric cool roof coating designed to reduce building cooling energy needs and prolong roof system life?
Our portfolio of RHOPLEX™ Binders and PRIMAL™ Binders help reduce cooling energy needs by up to 20% and deliver long-lasting reflectivity for a durable roofing system.
Drymix Mortars
Want to reduce raw material resource consumption in mortar applications?
Dry-mix additives enable up to 75% less sand and cement in thin-set mortar applications, reduce water consumption, and use up to 70% less raw materials by weight. Discover our WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers and DOW™ Latex Powders.
Tile Adhesives
Would you like to use less cement in your formulations without sacrificing end-product quality?
Our innovative WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers and DOW™ Latex Powders additives help to maintain end-product performance in your formulations when less cement is used.
Fiber Cement
Looking to enhance the lifetime of your fiber cement without compromising on aesthetics?
Discover our high-performance DOWSIL™ Silicone and PRIMAL™ Acrylic emulsions developed to extend the weatherability, aesthetic performance and service life of your fiber cement products.
Improving the energy efficiency of buildings
The energy efficiency of modern buildings helps to reduce CO2 emissions and improve living standards. The most significant factor contributing to this is the reduction of the energy used to control the internal temperatures of buildings.
A Cool Reflective Roof Coating reflects solar radiation, which helps to reduce ambient air temperature and save on energy costs for cooling. This technology is best suited for renovations and on non-insulated buildings such as warehouses and factories.
Supporting low carbon solutions
We are advancing technologies to manufacture our products with lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and developing innovative additives that enable reduced carbon options for incumbent products in the construction industry.
Through an evidence-based approach, we are supporting our customers' efforts to reach their sustainability and decarbonization goals. This includes providing Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) with the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculations for each of our products.
The Decarbia™ brand represents products from our WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers portfolio with an 18% PCF reduction compared to the standard products.
Explore lower carbon solutions
Drymix Mortars
Want to reduce the resources needed in your cement based mortars?
Drymix additives help to reduce the emissions from raw materials like sand, cement, water due to factory-mixed and engineered Drymix solutions while maintaining end-product performance.
Low Cement Tile Adhesive
Interested in lowering the embedded carbon in your tile adhesives?
Our innovative WALOCEL™ Cellulose Ethers and DOW™ Latex Powder additives help to keep the performance while lowering the amount of cement in the tile adhesive formulation.
Decarbonizing our manufacturing processes
We are investing resources to decarbonize and optimize our own facilities through increasing our process efficiency, implementing innovative technologies, expanding the use of renewable power sources, and pursuing ISCC PLUS certification for some production sites. Our Methyl Cellulose and Latex Powder manufacturing sites are already powered by renewable energy, and we intend to transition additional sites to renewable energy in the coming years.
Discover our efforts to accelerate sustainability
Delivering Sustainable Science Solutions
Dow’s 2025 Sustainability Goals & Targets
Dow’s Ambition Progress Report
