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Pollution reducing pilot scheme uses Ecologic
An innovative pilot project using a ground-breaking pollution-reducing tile on seven semi detached houses in Kinglassie, Scotland has been completed by Fife Council Building Services. Around 1,000 Marley Eternit EcoLogic tiles were provided for the project through builders merchant Jewson, which helped advise the council on the best sustainable roof tile to meet their requirements.
The EcoLogic tile can absorb and neutralise harmful nitrous oxides (NOx) in the atmosphere and during its lifetime an average sized roof using EcoLogic tiles could remove an amount of NOx equivalent to that emitted by a modern car driving 100,000 miles. In addition the tile contains around 50% recycled content.
The pilot project is the first step in Fife Council’s investment programme to bring all of its housing stock up to the Scottish Quality Housing Standard (SQHS), which is similar to the Decent Homes scheme in England. The ambitious programme refurbish thousands of homes, will be completed by 2015.
Ecologic is an innovative tiling product due to a special external coating which contains grades of titanium dioxide (TiO2). This surface coating triggers a reaction under the influence of UV radiation in sunlight which converts harmful asthma-causing pollutant nitrogen oxides (NOx) into nitric acid ions. These are then neutralised by the lime and calcium carbonate in the concrete, so removing the potentially harmful pollutants from the atmosphere. Such airborne pollutants are thought to contribute to asthmatic and bronchial problems in the general population.
More information: www.marleyeternit.co.uk
One Response to “Pollution reducing pilot scheme uses Ecologic”
ecoadmin says:
EcoLogic was ideal for this project because the properties already had the same profile tile, Ludlow Major, so it was a straightforward replacement.