Boysen KNOxOUT — A Pollution Solution?

• Boysen® KNOxOUT® is the first air cleaning paint in the world with CristalActiv photocatalytic technology for earth-friendly coatings. KNOxOUT has specialized air cleaning titanium dioxide (TiO2) which uses light energy to transform water vapor into free radicals that break down NOx and VOC molecules into harmless substances.

• Painting a surface with KNOxOUT effectively transforms it to an air purifying device that continuously cleans the air in the presence of light and humidity. 

Dangerous Skies?

• According to the Philippine Environment Monitor, a joint report of the World Bank and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), there are close to 5,000 premature deaths per year in Metro Manila due to diseases from exposure to polluted air. This accounts for 12% of all deaths in the metropolis, the highest in any urban area in the country.
• 98% of residents in Manila are affected by air pollution and 50% want to move to a less polluted place.
• 71% of Filipinos believe that air quality has worsened over the past year.
• According to the World Health Organization, 3 million people die each year from the effects of air pollution, three times more than the 1 million who die each year in automobile accidents.
• A study by the European Commission calculated that air pollution is responsible for 310,000 premature deaths per year and reduces life expectancy by an average of almost nine months across the European Union.
• According to the same study, every European on average takes half a day off a year due to illnesses linked to air pollution - costing the economy more than 80 billion euros.
• In the United States, about 4 percent of deaths can be attributed to air pollution, equaling deaths from breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
• A study in Europe by APHEIS (Air Pollution and Health: A European Information System) found that even very small cuts in pollution can benefit health.
The effects of air pollution on children are even worse:
• Children spend more time outdoors and are more active outdoors than adults. For their body size, children breathe faster and inhale several times more air – polluted air - than adults.
• Studies in California found that children living near freeways were more likely to have reduced lung function and develop asthma and bronchitis symptoms.
• A study in New York found that mothers who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during pregnancy had children with lower IQs.

Basics on House Painting

What are the basics of home painting? Is it not just as easy as having the paintbrush go back and forth throughout your home’s interior walls? It may seem so easy but there really is more to painting than just that. If we know the basics of painting, then it just might be that we can give our homes the facelift that it needs from time to time.

 

One cannot speed through the process of painting, the end result would have been a nightmare, it that was the case. You will end up regretting you ever tried. If you don’t think you can patiently go through it, go get that reputable Denver Painter instead. But if you want to try wall painting yourself, decide first on the kind of paint that you want to use. There are better alternative nowadays, like the bio and environmental friendly ones.

Prepare your walls by scrubbing them clean, if they call for it. The least you need to get in the way of your painting will be those accumulated dust. Make sure you gather all the items that you need (rollers, paintbrushes, et.al). Old newspapers can do a splendid job in protecting your floors and furnishings from paint spill. You might also want to consider teaming up with a friend to make the task easier.