{"id":94374,"date":"2021-08-31T14:15:02","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:15:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=94374"},"modified":"2021-08-31T14:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T12:15:06","slug":"new-bbi-ju-and-eu-horizon-2020-project-perfecoat-high-performance-bio-based-functional-coatings-for-wood-and-decorative-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/new-bbi-ju-and-eu-horizon-2020-project-perfecoat-high-performance-bio-based-functional-coatings-for-wood-and-decorative-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"New BBI JU and EU Horizon 2020-Project PERFECOAT \u2013 High Performance Bio-based Functional Coatings for Wood and Decorative Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p><strong>Achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 requires the replacement of fossil-based material with bio-based material on a broad basis. Today, almost 1 million tonnes of paints and coatings are produced in Europe each year, with more than 80 % still being from fossil resources. Even those coatings that do rely on bio-based compounds often have CO<sub>2<\/sub> footprints little different from the existing coatings. Reducing the impact of these coatings would represent a major advance in Europe\u2019s climate ambitions. To address this challenge the PERFECOAT project will develop and validate a new generation of industrial wood and decorative coatings with significantly more than 25 % bio-based components that meet and even surpass the current quality and sustainability standards.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three major coating markets will be addressed: high-volume ultraviolet (UV)-curable clearcoats, do-it-yourself (DIY) waterborne trim paints, and DIY waterborne wall paints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The overarching objective of the PERFECOAT project is to develop novel sustainable coatings that will ultimately be available to the public, through their application on high-volume production home and office furniture and as DIY paints. Within this, the project will pursue the following specific objectives:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>From an environmental perspective, the PERFECOAT project will contribute to reducing Europe\u2019s greenhouse gas emissions by developing a new generation of industrial bio-based coatings for wood with more than 25 % of bio-based components produced from climate neutral sources and processes. This will be in addition to its contribution to replacing fossil-based material with bio-based, renewable material.<\/li><li>From an economic perspective, the project will help prepare the market for new coating formulations that will be at least equal to existing fossil-based products.<\/li><li>From a social perspective, the project will demonstrate the potential for creating new job opportunities in the bio-based sector in rural and coastal areas, where urban migration remains a challenge. In addition, the project will enhance European leadership in the biotechnology sector and strengthen the EU\u2019s leadership in adopting renewables.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PERFECOAT is aimed at having relevant impacts at different levels. The project aims at creating a new cross-sectoral connection in the bioeconomy, linking the industrial biotechnology sector and the wood and decorative coatings sector. It pursues to establish a new value chain platform, integrating several value chains that deliver more-sustainable ingredients for bio-based coatings. This will bring together several economic sectors and bio-based economy actors \u2013 the biomass refinery sector, the chemical industry sector, the coating industry sector, the research and consultancy sector, and innovative biotechnology and nanotechnology companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrating new consumer products based on bio-based chemicals is another target. These will be in the form of binder and additive materials as well as innovative bio-based coatings \u2013 at pilot scale \u2013 for three different applications in large consumer markets. Furthermore, validating new and improved processing technology reflecting a \u2018technology readiness level\u2019 gain in a range of products, from level 2 to level 4 at the start of the project, to level 4 to level 5 at its end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When successful, the PERFECOAT project will be able to offer bio-based coating ingredients from climate neutral sources and processes. This will help encourage the uptake of sustainable coatings, with a positive impact for the environment and helping mitigate climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PERFECOAT is implemented by a multidisciplinary consortium of experts from four universities and research institutes and eight commercial project partners, including four SMEs, in seven member countries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbi.europa.eu\/projects\/perfecoat\">https:\/\/www.bbi.europa.eu\/projects\/perfecoat<\/a><br>Find out more soon at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.perfecoat-project.eu\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.perfecoat-project.eu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PERFECOAT project receives funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union\u2019s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101022370.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-94381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik-1320x743.png 1320w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2021\/08\/21-08-12_Perfecoat_Grafik.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">The press relase is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/nova-institute.eu\/press\/?id=286\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/nova-institute.eu\/press\/?id=286<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Achieving a climate-neutral Europe by 2050 requires the replacement of fossil-based material with bio-based material on a broad basis. Today, almost 1 million tonnes of paints and coatings are produced in Europe each year, with more than 80 % still being from fossil resources. 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