Alcoa Architectural Products introduces Reynobond with EcoClean
Posted
07/6/2011
A building that helps clean itself and eats smog? Sounds
like something
from a science fiction movie. But it's far from it. A team of
more than 50 Alcoa scientists, determined to make
that idea a reality, worked for more than four years
to perfect an architectural coating with the ability to
actively break down pollutants like smog and to
covert them to simple compounds that wash away in
the rain. The result: Reynobond with
EcoClean powered by HYDROTECT, the first affordable coating
that cleans itself and the air around it.
Working with the TOTO-patented HYDROTECT technology,
Alcoa's scientists had a major breakthrough and created the
first titanium dioxide finish that can be applied to a
pre-painted metal surface with coil-coating equipment: the
EcoClean coating. The titanium dioxide particles in EcoClean
break down nitrogen oxides (NOx or smog) and
other organic matter in the air near its surface while
turning the face of the Reynobond panel into a super
hydrophilic surface that's very slick in the presence of
water. EcoClean technology helps to protect the
planet naturally-drawing on sunlight, rainwater and
other natural forces to help cleanse the environment of some
of the most prolific organic materials and major contributors
to air pollution such as nitrogen oxides. When it rains, even
the slightest amount, EcoClean helps the building rinse away
surface contaminants.
The EcoClean coating can be used with a broad palette of
Reynobond paint colors and finishes. Bright Silver Metallic
and other select finishes are
already available with the EcoClean coating.
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