Green Chemistry for Green Building Concept:

Many government agencies and business leaders are promoting the Green Building concept to construct a building that is environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. A Green Building has the following benefits:

Environmental benefits:

• Enhance and protect ecosystems and biodiversity
• Improve air and water quality
• Reduce solid waste
• Conserve natural resources

Economic benefits:

• Reduce operating costs
• Enhance asset value and profits
• Improve employee productivity and satisfaction
• Optimize life-cycle economic performance

Health and community benefits:

• Improve air, thermal and acoustic environments
• Enhance occupant comfort and health
• Minimize strain on local infrastructure
• Contribute to overall quality of life

Photocatalyst Technology has been considered the “Green Chemistry” and the “Holy Grail” to remediate chemical pollutions caused by material manufacturers and fabricators.

Currently, the chemical manufacturing industry generates more than 1.5 billion tons of hazardous waste and 9 billion tons of non-hazardous waste annually. Toxic releases are also a problem. Roughly half of the releases and transfers of chemicals reported through EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory are a result of chemical manufacturing.

Photocatalytic oxidation is currently being developed as the next generation of technology to combat these chemical pollutants. This approach, built upon existing concepts of selective oxidation of organic compounds, is the first of its kind to conduct a rigorous evaluation of the gas and liquid phase photoxidation processes. This use of a specialized photocatalyst for selective oxidation of hydrocarbons in synthesizing chemicals has generated much interest from industry and other research groups. Results of these studies have been published and presented at many conferences, and a patent application has been filed. The success of this technology could potentially lead to the revolutionary use of sunlight and molecular oxygen for the synthesis of chemicals, a concept regarded by research scientists as the “Holy Grail” of chemistry.

PUREZONE Photocatalyst Treatment complies the “Green Building” Concept by:  

• Protecting our environment by destroying man-made pollutants.
• Minimize and reduce overall operation and maintenance cost.
• Conserve nature resource and energy by utilizing the available light energy
• Reduce pollution to improve air, thermal and acoustic environments therefore enhance occupant comfort and health which leads to increase in employee productivity and satisfaction.
• Prolong the life cycle and economic performance of building material.
• Contribute to overall quality of life and peace of mind.