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FAçade bio-CArbon based anti UV coating to prevent DEterioration of wooden buildings

Project description

Dressing buildings in new anti-UV skins

Weathering has a considerable effect on a building’s appearance. For instance, painted cladding is vulnerable to the adverse effects of ultraviolet (UV) solar radiation. Also, absorbed by lignin (constituting up to 40 % of wood), the Sun’s rays initiate the weathering of wood – a process that results in colour changes. They also cause surface fibres to loosen and erode, allowing humidity to penetrate the wood in depth, as well as checks and a raised grain. The EU-funded FACADE project will use biomaterials to develop a building skin. Specifically, it will use bio-carbon as a UV stabiliser to develop sustainable bio-sourced anti-UV coating to protect wooden façades. The project will ultimately provide breakthroughs for advancing the use of bio-carbon in new applications.

Coordinator

INNORENEW COE CENTER ODLICNOSTI ZA RAZISKAVE IN INOVACIJE NA PODROCJU OBNOVLJIVIH MATERIALOV IN ZDRAVEGA BIVANJSKEGA OKOLJA
Net EU contribution
€ 150 040,32
Address
Livade 6a
6310 Izola
Slovenia

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Region
Slovenija Zahodna Slovenija Obalno-kraška
Activity type
Research Organisations
Other funding
€ 0,00