A team of experts belonging to the Inorganic Chemistry Research Group of the University of Córdoba in Spain announced the development of a new material for the restoration of historic buildings. It is an exclusive product for facades with the peculiar characteristic of self-cleaning.
The researchers have assured to use components that were obtained through the reuse of industrial waste, in such a way that by transforming them they revalued them and avoided a greater environmental impact.
As published by the scientific journal Chem Sus Chem, in the study Use of Industrial Waste for the Manufacturing of Sustainable Building Materials, thanks to a new chemical formulation (which includes additives that, when in contact with sunlight and moisture, degrade organic waste) has developed a product capable of keeping the walls clean.
"The products that adhere to the walls, both organic waste from the emission of traffic gases and fungi and bacteria, decompose and crawl with the water of the dew or rain leaving the facades clean," explains to the Discover Foundation the professor of the UCO Luis Sánchez.
The results of this research have demonstrated its efficiency in the laboratory at a basic level and it is expected to offer the same benefits when applied in the heritage buildings of the city of Córdoba.
