News

3 Simple Steps to Achieving the Perfect Palate for Metal Interiors

Thursday December 9, 2021

1. Choose performance. So often when thinking about coatings we think only of color – that is what the eye sees after all. However, it’s worth deciding if you need any specific performance characteristics from your coating, - such as weathering, corrosion protection - before you get too far down the line.

Looking to reduce embodied carbon?

Monday December 6, 2021

The World Green Building Council issued a report in 2019 stating that the built environment contributes to 39% of global emissions. In the past decade the building industry has focused heavily on reducing operational carbon. Initiatives like net- zero and LEED have resulted in a lower carbon footprint of the overall built- environment. In practice these initiatives have uncovered new opportunities for action. The materials and the value chains of those materials that are used to construct buildings have their own carbon footprint- and it is significant. It is estimated that 11% of global emissions can be traced back to the carbon footprint of the materials used to construct the built environment.