Zirconia Is Making a Positive Impact on Our Environment

As a mission-driven green-tech company, Zirconia's environmental initiatives are built into everything we do. We have a clear goal: to make the built environment more sustainable and less toxic.

We have developed innovative coating technologies that create more durable, corrosion-free infrastructure, while reducing impacts on our shared ecosystem. In this article, we highlight some of the ways Zirconia is making a positive environmental impact for generations to come.

Reducing greenhouse gases and preserving infrastructure

Our coatings create multiple paths to large-scale greenhouse gas reductions. Zirconia's coating technologies dramatically increase the durability and lifespan of concrete used to build major infrastructure, reducing the need to remake and replace it, which are greenhouse gas intensive to produce.

Concrete and steel generate approximately 18% of the global greenhouse gas total, so maintaining the infrastructure we have, once it is built, matters enormously. Every year of added service life is a year of avoided demolition, raw material extraction, and re-manufacturing.

Reducing toxicity to the environment

We believe in the power of green chemistry to create products and processes that make the built environment more sustainable. We push the boundaries of green chemistry to make our coatings less toxic, while improving performance characteristics and longevity.

The power of substitution: removing toxins

We focus on substituting our green coating technology for outdated, toxic, low-performing technologies like epoxy. Our industrial coatings substantially outperform traditional coatings in terms of performance, durability, and low toxicity. When a better-performing product is also a cleaner one, the case for switching is straightforward.

Reducing toxicity for employees and workers

Traditional coatings carry higher levels of toxicity that workers are exposed to during application and maintenance. Zirconia's mission is to focus on environmental and human health, always looking for the green chemistry pathway to provide better coating performance without exposing employees or workers to hazardous materials. Our primary technology is waterborne, while others use green solvents or reduced-solvent formulations.

Reducing life-cycle impact

The improved durability, performance, and lifespan of our coatings reduces the amount of maintenance required over an asset's life. This includes reducing hazardous, toxic chemicals used for cleaning buildings and surfaces. The result is a lower environmental impact for operations and maintenance, alongside reduced costs for facility owners.

Fewer maintenance cycles mean fewer site visits, less solvent use, less waste, and less disruption to the surrounding environment. That compounding effect, over a long-lived structure, adds up to a meaningful reduction in total ecological footprint.

Investing in a more sustainable future

Zirconia is a subject matter specialist when it comes to improving sustainability in the built environment. Our approach combines proven geopolymer science with modern green chemistry to deliver coatings that protect assets longer, harm workers less, and reduce the environmental burden of construction and maintenance.

When you invest in Zirconia, you invest in an environmentally conscious company that is creating real, measurable progress toward a more sustainable built environment. We invite you to learn more about our technology and our mission.