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How is AkzoNobel going to contribute a better and higher quality alternative to Human Cities initiative is our commitment
positively to better the country’s energy building insulation and hence effective to regenerating and energizing urban
efficiency and adapt in this storm of policy energy management. communities across the world. We use
changes? We approach this by providing Another contribution from AkzoNobel our products and expertise to help cities
solutions for suppressing heat outflow concerns the energy savings brought deliver a stronger sense of community
in winter with our Thermal Insulation about by specialised coatings. Other than purpose, pride and happiness.
Decorative Board systems and reducing improving our existing Keep Cool offerings For instance our global “Let’s Colour”
the heat gain in the building in summer to chase the ever tighter standards, we program has been revitalizing urban areas
through our Keep Cool offerings.
have also extended our Keep Cool offerings all over the world, with almost 70 million
Thermal Insulation Decorative Boards are to Texture products in China. Keep Cool people benefiting from 2,000 projects and
prefabricated boards constructed in the coatings reflect heat by reflecting in Infra- 12,000 volunteers. The 100th mural of
factory setting where the insulation and Red (IR) and Near Infra-Red (NIR) radiation the 100 ‘Let’s Colour Walls of Connection’,
decoration layers are assembled together. of the solar energy. This is achieved by created by AkzoNobel and global peace
These boards are made with a controlled careful pigment management and the use movement MasterPeace, took place last
quality unlike the traditional Exterior of special IR-reflective pigments. With November in a school in Badshahpur in
Insulation and Finish Systems (EIFS) which less heat built-up on the building façade India. The project transformed the lives of
are highly subjected to the reliability and and less heat transfer to the inside of a more than 5,000 children by getting them
quality of workmanship. They can be building, less energy is then required to back to school and ensuring they continue
easily secured on the exterior façade of maintain a comfortable temperature. their education and improve their grades.
a building just like a jigsaw puzzle with a Based on the simulation results from AkzoNobel has also partnered with
smart system of bracket and screws. The external parties, energy savings are quite SOS Children’s Village to train the next
system also incorporates Air-vent plugs substantial. generation of painters and drive local
to prevent moisture buil-up that leads Beyond innovation - people economic growth through painting training
to cracking and peeling issues we see in Proposing true and sustainable technical and business development knowledge,
traditional insulation systems. Factory solutions is one aspect of our contribution. thus contributing employability of young
fabrications also allow us access to a We also firmly believe in improving people coming from a difficult background.
much wider technology platform such as everyday life through our Corporate Social This successful partnership has been rolled
UV-curing systems and sol-gel processes, Responsibility. out in countries like Brazil, Nigeria, South
which would have been prohibitive to use Africa, Indonesia and will be extended to
in conventional exterior wall paint. This Giving back to communities is deeply up to 10 countries such as India in 2018.
solution essentially allows us to provide rooted in AkzoNobel’s culture. Our

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