Fire emissions produce toxic and exotoxic species, among them Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) present a health risk for all exposed people. PAHs have important toxic effects on organisms through various actions, being especially worrying their carcinogenic and mutagenic effects as well as their potent immune-suppressant effect.
Professionals can clean smoke damage and all the toxic compound released, but the only current solution to ensure the 100% PAHs elimination is to replace the concrete wall plaster and equipment surfaces affected by fire, increasing the cost of the restoration service and the time to get to the normal activity by customers. This removal of the after-fire compounds creates a large amount of wastes due to the cleaning that need to be transported and treated adequately before their disposal.
The technical objective of the project is to obtain a final product based on an agricultural by-product and therefore biodegradable and environmentally respectful, able to reduce 100% of PAHs with a reduction of the restoration time and costs without the need of post-treatment after the application of the cleaning product. This will reduce the impact of the fire incident in end-users as well as the health risk for fire damaged structures inhabitants and fire remediation workers.
The commercial objective is to consolidate PER Spa’s top position in domestic market and improve significantly the internationalization process already in place towards those developed countries which are health, environment sensitive by direct sales or collaboration with local service providers.
