Property investment firm FORE Partnership has announced that its Cadworks development will be the first building in Scotland to use anti-viral paint which turns walls into natural air purifiers.
The Airlite paint used at the building claims to have the same air purification power as more than three acres of forest.
The natural technology is also anti-bacterial and self-cleaning, developed to improve the air quality inside residential and commercial spaces.
Its protective oxidant barrier decomposes harmful organic and inorganic substances. It also reduces a building’s solar heat absorption, saving on the cost of air conditioning and lowering C02 emissions.
FORE is developing Cadworks, the 94,000 sq ft speculative office development in Glasgow city centre, as part of its mission is to accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy.
Basil Demeroutis, FORE’s managing partner, said: “Our business is founded on creating positive social and environmental change and there has never been a bigger opportunity to make a difference than now.
“To help drive this change, we actively seek out innovative technologies for our buildings, including in the less glamorous but critically important area of building materials.”
In 2020, the developer led an industry-wide a bike donation initiative enabling local social enterprise Soul Riders to refurbish used bikes and donate them back to the community.
It is also donating a cargo bike bought from Soul Riders that will enable another local social enterprise, Social Bite, to extend the reach of its delivery service, in line with the city’s 2030 net zero carbon emissions target.
