New nursery paint to be launched Arriving soon. A new nursery paint is to be launched. This is an antimicrobial, deodorising, self cleaning and de polluting, low VOC’s paint ideally suited for nurseries and children’s rooms. This paint cleans the air in baby’s room making it fresher and cleaner.
July 2008 Congleton Borough Council are the first council to use a new photocatalytic nano-technology coating to reduce airborne pollutants. In an air quality management area in Congleton they are spraying the pavements, walls and some facades with a clear solution that reduces exhaust fume gasses. The product, called Activa is supplied by Ecopurer a company based in Cheltenham. The photocatalytic solution utilises light and air with titanium dioxide causing a reaction that reduces nox, carbon monoxide , pm 2.5 and other gasses and is also self cleaning. An example of its self cleaning properties can be seen on the photograph below. A board was placed outside an underpass in London, after only 10 weeks you can see the difference.
Rebecca Pointon Scientific Officer for CBC says This is an innovative environmentally friendly solution to one of our Air Quality Management Areas whereby traditional methods or re-routing traffic would not be feasible due to its limiting environment. At Congleton BC we are always looking for advanced technology that can help in our campaign for better air quality and environment; this is the very best commercially viable solution. For further information please contact: Lesley Seal, Press Officer, Congleton Borough Council 01270 529759 Hilary Baker, Ecopurer Ltd, www.ecopurer.com 0845 050 6937
Photographs of test panels at Blackfriars Underpass, 10 weeks after coating half the panel with Activa April 2008
ARCHITECT CHOOSES REVOLUTIONARY ECOPAINT FOR NEW UK RENAL UNITS PRESS RELEASE 11th March 2008 Specialist paint supplier, Ecopurer has been awarded a contract to provide its unique anti microbial, self-cleaning, anti odour, photocatalytic paint for up to 20 new renal units in the UK. Award winning London-based architectural design practice, McDonnell Associates Ltd (MCD), approached Ecopurer after researching anti-microbial paint suppliers. MCD has been appointed to design the renal units on behalf of Renal Services, a private company which provides renal services to the NHS. Renal dialysis patients are one of the groups at high risk of infection. Currently, approximately eight per cent contract an MRSA bloodstream infection, so it’s vital that every effort is taken to ensure renal units are as clinically clean as possible. “Following research into a suitable paint supplier, we chose Ecopurer because they were the only company who could offer an anti microbial paint which was also self cleaning, odourless and de-polluting. No other paints could offer all of these attributes which are invaluable in the type of environment we were creating,” said Louise McDonnell. Ecopurer’s Ecopaint uses natural light to remove pollutants and airborne infections such as MRSA and e.coli. The anti-bacterial paint works in a similar way to photosynthesis in plants by converting light into chemical energy. The paint absorbs and transforms pollutants and bacteria that hit the walls into non-toxic minute quantities of salts and chalk, which are removed by the normal cleaning routine. The Department of Health has put great emphasis on the importance of minimising the risk of healthcare associated infections like MRSA in renal medicine, and has put measures in place to try to reduce the amount of renal infections by 50% by 2008. The first renal unit in Milford is nearing completion with a further 19 more units planned for the next 18 months. For more information please contact Nick Harrison at Ecopurer on 0845 050 6937 or email nick.harrison@ecopurer.com or visit www.ecopurer.com
FIRST EUROPEAN ANTI MICROBIAL COATING TRIAL COULD KEEP ROADS SAFER AND SAVE COUNCILS THOUSANDS PRESS RELEASE 29th February 2008 Gloucestershire Highways in partnership with specialist paint distributor, Ecopurer, is undertaking the first European trial of a self-cleaning, anti microbial coating which could save the Council thousands in cleaning costs and keep roads safer. Once applied to road signs, the coating uses nano technology of titanium dioxide which reacts with air and light to set off a photo catalytic reaction oxidising dirt and bacteria and preventing algae growth, so keeping signage cleaner for longer and helping water to run off. Once applied the signs should not need cleaning for up to 12 months and will be visibly easier for motorists to see throughout all weather conditions. The trial is being undertaken on signs in Colesbourne on the A435 between Cirencester and Cheltenham and is expected to last 3 months. Ecopurer expects the positive, cost reducing effects of this new technology to be evident in a short space of time. “By introducing this exciting environmentally friendly new product to our roads not only will it create and safer and clearer journey for all drivers on Britain’s roads, but help to dramatically cut the Highway Department’s cleaning budget, both in terms of manpower and the amount of cleaning products purchased,” says Ecopurer M.D., Nick Harrison. “If it is proved as effective in the field as it has already been in laboratory trials, this coating could reduce cleaning costs, reduce Health & Safety issues and improve efficiency,” he stated. For more information please contact Nick Harrison at Ecopurer on 0845 050 6937 or email nick.harrison@ecopurer.com or visit www.ecopurer.com By applying the unique coating from Ecopurer road signs will stay cleaner for longer thus increasing the safety of our roads and helping Councils to save thousands in cleaning costs. This is what the sign would look like in 6 months time if half the sign was coated with Ecopurer Activa and half was left untreated.
NHS TRIALS NEW PAINT TO FIGHT SUPERBUGS
Interview with ITV WEST
	PAINT IS NEW TACTIC IN SUPERBUGS WAR THE ECHO - 19th October 2007

The first British trial of a super paint, which could help fight infections, is taking place at Cheltenham General Hospital.The paint is designed to self-clean and, if successful, could galvanise the country's fight against superbugs.

It has been supplied by Cheltenham-based company Ecopurer.

Company director Nick Harrison is so confident in his company's product that it's paying for the work, and using Trust paint contractors.

He added: "The idea came when my father was receiving treatment hospital at Cheltenham General. I thought the paint could be used not only in the office environment, but in hospitals, and we completed a deal with the hospitals trust.

"It's an exciting product that was first developed in Italy. This is the first time it has been used in Britain.

"The science is complicated but we have trials to prove that it prevents the growth of staphylococcus bacteria."

It works by using natural light as a catalyst and removes pollutants from the air inside the hospital.
The paint works in a similar way to photosynthesis of trees, absorbing and transforming pollutants into non-toxic elements.

They are turned into minute quantities of salts and chalk, which are removed by the normal cleaning routine.

The paint is anti-bacterial, self cleaning and is designed to remove volatile organic compounds. The more light there is, the more effective the paint, which lasts as long as traditional paints.

A brilliant white test piece will be painted at the busy College Road stairwell entrance at Cheltenham General Hospital.

A single band of ordinary white paint will be added and should turn grey in comparison within a few weeks.

The trial will be monitored by the Department of Health and could be wheeled out across the country.

Chris Taylor, from Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, said: "We are constantly looking at new ways to contribute to the daily fight against infection.

"Many materials have been changed over recent years, for example covered sheet vinyl flooring instead of floor tiles, latex and solvent free products."

This year the hospitals' trust announced it had reduced infections including MRSA and C-diff by more than 30% in just 12 months.

Last year Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was ranked the 15th worst in the country for rates of Clostridium Difficile.

It reported 600 cases of the infection during the first six months of 2006, but latest figures show that during the first six months of this year the figure was cut by a third.

PAINTING OVER THE MRSA PROBLEM WESTERN DAILY PRESS - 20 October 2007

The humble paint brush may seem an unlikely weapon in the war on hospital superbugs.But it's no ordinary paint that could soon be plastered over the walls of hospital corridors, this paint cleans the air and removes bacteria and pollutants.

The paint will be tried at Cheltenham General Hospital and managers hope it will be a revolution in tackling superbugs.

The paint uses natural light to remove pollutants and airborne infections such as MRSA and e.coli.
The anti-bacterial paint works in a similar way to photosynthesis in plants by converting light into chemical energy.

The paint absorbs and transforms pollutants and bacteria that hit the walls into non-toxic minute quantities of salts and chalk, which are removed by the normal cleaning routine.

The more light there is the more effective the paint is and it will last as long as traditional paints.
A strip of the 'Ecopaint' will be brushed on to a wall in the hospital's College Road entrance with a strip of normal paint next to it to show the difference in colour as it cleans itself.

Ecopurer, based in Cheltenham, is the only company licenced to distribute the paint in Great Britain.
Director Nick Harrison said as well as hospitals, the paint can be used in public buildings like schools and doctors surgeries.

"It's absolutely safe and from a hospital's point of view, Ecopaint ticks all the boxes," he said.
"It will work against a number of organisms such as e.coli and the bacteria that leads to MRSA and we are carrying out tests at the moment on c.difficile and other bugs. As the bacteria come into contact with the surface of the walls, they'll be killed.

"It cleans the air by taking out carbon compounds which exist in heating systems and things like polishes."

Ecopaint is 10 to 15 per cent more expensive than a good quality traditional paint.

Mr Harrison said the paint could soon be used in hospitals across the country.

"This is the first trial and we are now contacting other trusts," he said.

"It's very exciting, I was told about it 18 months ago and I spent a year speaking to chemists and doctors and analysing studies, and the results speak for themselves.

"If someone said four years ago that there would be paint that could clean the air, they would have thought it was a crazy idea.

"We are not saying that it will solve all the problems that hospitals have but it will make a big difference."

The infection rate at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which also runs Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, is in line with the average but the number of infections has been falling and between July and September there were eight infections as opposed to 16 for the previous year.

Chris Taylor, from the property and medical engineering department at the hospital, said: "We are constantly looking at new ways to contribute to the daily fight against infection. We are hoping to run another trial of a clear coating to the section of the glass roof of the Glass House Cafe?, which hopefully will prove to be self-cleaning window glass."