Poster 14: Influence of paint quality on the environmental footprint of architectural paints

摘要

Architectural paints play an important role in the decoration of interior walls. In that respect, hiding is a key performance factor, ideally without compromising other paint properties. It is generally accepted that this should be done with minimal impact for the environment. The environmental footprint can be minimized by optimizing the efficiency of paint ingredients, but also by increasing the lifetime of the paint on the wall. All these aspects will be largely influenced by the quality of the paint and its ingredients. High quality ingredients, like titanium dioxide, will influence several of these characteristics. This paper discusses how specially designed titanium dioxide can reduce the paint consumption and hence influence in a positive way the environmental footprint of the paint throughout the value chain.