Bionictile: the Air that we Breathe
It is not a question of luck or coincidence that BIONICTILE was declared runner up in the 10th WALL STREET JOURNAL” Environmental awards of 2013.
The product created by the Alcora, Castellón based ceramic company Ceracasa, founded in 1984, is a tile used in the construction industry that, instead of polluting, actually cleans the air.
600 companies, institutions and organizations from 30 countries participated in this event, including such renowned names as: USA Health and Human Services Department, Abbott Laboratories, Dupont Qualicon, Microsoft, Taiwan Technology Research Institute, Switzerland STM Microelectronics, Panasonic Avionic, Motorola and many more.
The jury considered three fundamental points: that the innovative product step out of the mindset and break with the ideas and conventional processes in the sector, that it go beyond existing progress that it have a great impact on future technology.
BIONICTILE is a ceramic tile for façades containing titanium dioxide and other reagents. The resulting surface has photo-catalytic properties and decontaminates city air of harmful elements such as nitrogen oxides NOx.
This was the 7th award received by CERACASA, for the Ceramic product BIONICTILE in less than two years.
The product works by using a special design and a patented glaze which cause NOx to react with UV sun rays and humidity, turning the NOx into very small harmless quantities of nitrates and nitrites, reducing environmental impact.
More than 30 million tons of Nox are released into the atmosphere each year, causing serious health problems and accelerating the greenhouse effect.
One square metre of Bionictile eliminates 25.09 micrograms of NOx every hour, as confirmed by such prestigious bodies as the Institute of Chemical Technology from the Polytechnic University of Valencia and the Environmental Studies Centre of the Mediterranean.
The first building in the world incorporating this cleansing tile was a sports complex built in Castellón, in the Valencian Community, construction on which began in May 2011.
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