Description du projet
Des solutions nanotechnologiques autonettoyantes pour les bâtiments
La mauvaise qualité de l’air est une menace pour la santé humaine, alors que les gaz d’oxyde d’azote (NOx) figurent parmi les fautifs les plus néfastes. INSPECS développe un traitement de surface non toxique pour les bâtiments en béton à base de nanoparticules d’oxyde de titane. Ces photocatalyseurs accélèrent les réactions chimiques en utilisant la lumière pour convertir, sous des formes inoffensives, les NOx et les composés organiques tels que les bactéries ou les champignons. La qualité de l’air urbain sera améliorée grâce à l’élimination continue des NOx de l’air ambiant. La qualité de l’eau et des sols en profitera également, l’utilisation d’agents de nettoyage chimiques étant réduite car la surface traitée bénéficie d’un effet autonettoyant et nécessite par conséquent moins d’entretien.
Objectif
The photocatalytic self-cleaning products can be greatly beneficial by reducing the frequency of cleaning operations in exterior surfaces, reducing the maintenance and operational costs, and preserving the ecosystem, by avoiding the use of cleaning products with chemical agents. Still, available self-cleaning coatings are very limited, presenting short lifetimes and poor self-cleaning capacity. Joma developed the next generation of photocatalytic self-cleaning and anti-polluting technologies for the efficient treatment of concrete surfaces in urban areas, addressing not only the need for buildings and infrastructures’ maintenance reduction but also the major societal problem of urban air quality.
Joma will deliver an improved titania-based technology, with a unique and proprietary nanostructure. The technology brings together a superior self-cleaning performance, anti-greening proven efficiency and anti-polluting potential, based on its higher photocatalytic activity, higher specificity for removal of the surrounding NO2, cost-effectiveness, high level of customization, possibility to combine with water protection and significant maintenance need reduction and consequent cost savings. The customized nanoparticle is the key component of Joma’s products representing an outstanding innovation against current stated-of-the-art in self-cleaning technologies.
To bridge the remaining steps towards full scale commercialization of our nanotechnology, Joma has to widely demonstrate its economic and environmental assets over competing solutions and to consolidate our strategic partnering in the concrete manufacturing and maintenance industry value chain. Thus, Joma will leverage from the current SME instrument application as a stepping stone to prepare the company’s business strategy and to propel the commercialization of our technology, which we expect to become a new reference in the construction industry sector.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcoating and films
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- engineering and technologynanotechnologynano-materials
- agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestry
- engineering and technologycivil engineeringarchitecture engineeringsustainable architecturesustainable building
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Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
5131 NYBORG
Norvège
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.