Less heat for more design
There is always a first time for groundbreaking ideas: a black sailing boat, a house matching the color of lava or a carbon motorbike. Our solutions for solar heat management empower new design possibilities. Coatings, plastics or printing applications colored with SpectrasenseTM and Sicopal® black functional pigments keep surfaces cooler - no matter if they are black or colored.
While dark surfaces with standard black pigments intensively absorb solar energy and convert it to heat, Colors & Effects® functional black pigments can be used to formulate systems that reflect sun radiation. Significant temperature reductions are possible while the visual impression remains unchanged.
Solar heat management in building and construction
- Allows flexibility in color and design while reducing thermal load
- Reduces energy costs
- Enhanced the personal thermal comfort feeling
- Increases lifetime of plastics components, coated and printed surfaces
- Maintains constructional strength under solar irradiation
Solar heat management for automotive coatings
- Keeps surfaces cooler and reduces energy costs (less air conditioning)
- Reduces CO2-emissions (indirect effect)
- Enhances comfort
- Maintains constructional strength and surface material durability when exposed to the sun
Solar heat management for plastics and printing in automotive applications
- Allows flexibility in color design while reducing thermal load
- Reduces energy costs and VOC emission
- Enhances the personal thermal comfort feeling
- Maintains constructional strength under solar irradiation
- Maintains functionality and integrity of construction parts
