The cleaner, the greener? Product sustainability assessment of the biomimetic façade paint Lotusan^® in comparison to the conventional façade paint Jumbosil^®

• Florian Antony,
• Rainer Grießhammer,
• Thomas Speck and
• Olga Speck

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2016, 7, 2100–2115, doi:10.3762/bjnano.7.200

• ecological performance as part of a product sustainability assessment, within the present study special emphasis has been put on assessing the ecological performance of the biomimetic façade paint Lotusan® within the course of a life-cycle assessment (LCA). But also economic effects regarding the life-cycle

• -cycle assessment (LCA); Lotus-Effect® technology; Lotusan®; product sustainability assessment (PROSA); Introduction In-depth analyses of functions found in biology and the systematic transfer of the respective operating principles into technical applications is the essential aim of biomimetics [1][2

• be demonstrated that Lotusan®-based façade paintings have a comparatively low overall impact on the environment. Summarizing our results, it can be emphasized that Lotusan® is the more favourable product compared to Jumbosil® according to sustainability aspects. Keywords: biomimetic promise; life