Five Star Products: Grout portfolio and EPD coverage
Five Star Products builds its reputation on precision grouts and concrete repair. If a project team asks for Environmental Product Declarations, how ready is this catalog to respond, and where could that impact bids that care about embodied carbon reporting?
What Five Star makes
Five Star Products focuses on high‑performance placement and repair materials for industrial and infrastructure work. Core lines include precision non‑shrink cementitious grouts, epoxy machinery grouts, concrete repair mortars, underwater and marine systems, and specialty adhesives and coatings. Their site positions them as a partner to petrochemical, power, marine, and commercial jobs that live or die on uptime and alignment accuracy (Who We Are).
Breadth at a glance
From public product pages and distributor catalogs, we see multiple families of cementitious grouts plus several epoxy systems like HP, DP, LC, XP‑230 and elastomeric chemistries. Concrete repair mortars, primers, and marine pile rehabilitation solutions round it out. The total SKU count looks to be in the dozens, spread across five to seven product categories.
EPD status snapshot
As of December 24, 2025, we did not find publicly posted product‑specific EPDs for Five Star Products in major operator libraries or on their website. That does not mean none exist internally, only that specifiers cannot easily cite them today. For a brand whose products appear on mission‑critical scopes, that discoverability gap matters when projects must document embodied carbon.
Why this matters in bids
LEED v5 is ratified and rolling into the market, with stronger focus on embodied carbon accounting and product disclosure across Materials and Resources credits (USGBC, 2025) (USGBC, 2025). EPDs typically carry a five‑year validity window, a practical runway for sales and marketing teams once a declaration is live (UL Solutions, 2025) (UL Solutions, 2025). Without an EPD, design teams often fall back to conservative default values, which can make a non‑EPD product less attractive even if the engineering is excellent.
Likely best sellers to prioritize for first EPDs
A pragmatic first wave would target the flagships that show up on most packages and RFIs.
- Cementitious non‑shrink machinery grouts used under baseplates and rails, where volumes can be significant.
- Epoxy machinery grouts like HP and DP, which anchor critical equipment where specs are strict.
- Vertical and overhead repair mortars frequently used on bridges, plants, and marine assets.
Covering these lines first creates immediate specability across industrial, power, transportation, and marine projects. It also sets a template to extend EPDs to variants without re‑learning the playbook.
Competitive yardstick
On many of the same packages, Five Star is likely to face Sika on grout and repair mortars, MAPEI and LATICRETE on mortars and adhesives, plus Euclid Chemical and Dayton Superior in repair and grouts. Several of these brands already publish product‑specific EPDs across cementitious adhesives, repair mortars, and grout families. When an RFQ quietly filters for EPD availability, being absent can cost shortlisting. That is especially true in owner programs that prefer products with third‑party verified declarations under a recognized PCR.
Picking the right PCRs
For cement‑based grouts and mortars sold into buildings and infrastructure, common rulebooks include EN 15804 based construction product PCRs and Part B documents covering cement‑based grout, adhesive mortar, and self‑leveling underlayment. A good LCA partner will benchmark competitors’ PCR choices, check program operator timing and verifier capacity, then propose the fastest compliant route so results are comparable in the real world.
Data collection made painless
The slow part is not modeling. It is gathering the plant‑level data that proves the model. Map utilities, raw materials, transport, scrap, packaging, and by‑products for a recent reference year, then let experienced practitioners structure it once and reuse the system across related SKUs. Done well, that turns EPD creation from a distraction into a repeatable credential pipeline. One more week on the clock can be the difference between specifiying your grout or a competitor’s.
Where gaps could sting most
Machinery grout packages on industrial projects often compare epoxy and cementitious options side by side. If a rival offers a product‑specific EPD on a comparable non‑shrink grout, a buyer targeting LEED v5 or corporate carbon goals has fewer hurdles to clear. The same dynamic shows up on bridge and marine repair scopes where owners track material emissions alongside performance.
What good looks like in the next 90 days
- Publish one product‑specific EPD for a high‑volume cementitious grout and one for a flagship epoxy grout.
- Use those studies to spin up portfolio EPDs that group close variants with the same manufacturing footprint.
- Align operator choice to your primary markets so specifiers can find you quickly in the databases they already use.
Bottom line for Five Star watchers
The product range is deep enough to win on performance. To win more often on projects that score embodied carbon, turn the top grouts and repair mortars into searchable, verifiable EPDs. It is a one‑time data sprint that pays back across every bid cycle those SKUs touch.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does LEED v5 require EPDs for all materials?
No. LEED v5 raises the emphasis on embodied carbon tracking and product disclosure, which increases the practical advantage of products with EPDs because they simplify documentation and comparisons for project teams (USGBC, 2025).
How long are EPDs valid once published?
Typically five years, subject to the program operator’s rules and any required internal annual follow‑up to keep information current (UL Solutions, 2025).
Which Five Star product lines should receive first EPDs?
Start with high‑volume cementitious non‑shrink grouts and flagship epoxy machinery grouts, then extend to go‑to repair mortars. This sequence maximizes immediate bid relevance.
What if the right PCR for a niche product is unclear?
Experienced LCA teams survey competitor PCR choices and operator practices, then recommend the closest fit that preserves comparability and review capacity so timelines do not slip.
About the Author
Eric works at the intersection of sustainability, regulation, and business strategy, helping manufacturers navigate the evolving landscape of EPDs and LCAs. Having spoken with hundreds of teams across North America, brings a deep understanding of what drives ROI, what regulators are asking for, and how companies can stay ahead with smart, scalable approaches to environmental reporting.
