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Building Panels that Eat Smog from Alcoa




Acloa  EcoClean™ uses titanium Dioxide (TiO2) to create a building panel that can clean the air; the world's first.

When sun strikes the panels causes electrons to become energized and " ...  electrons transfer energy to water in the air and form free radicals ... [that can] oxidize the NOx molecules, converting them to a harmless nitrate ..."  NOx is a component of smog so this can fight smog.

 

Additionally the panels “self clean” in the rain so building maintenance costs are lowered.  See the Video below for more about the process.

Via:  Alcoa  LINK

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Posted by Green Dude on May 15, 2011 07:55 PM | |





Category: Air Quality



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