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Risø National Laboratory • DTU Frederiksborgvej 399 DK-4000 Roskilde maj.munch.andersen@risoe.dk |
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Nanotech is about studying and manipulating matter at atomic levels >> |
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The construction sector is looking for new sustainable technical solutions >> |
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Green solutions within innovation will create a sustainable society >> |
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Nanotechnology can be described as a ‘platform’ technology. Used on its own, the environmental benefits of nanotechnology are likely to be modest. Most nanotechnologies will need to be incorporated into a larger system or product or may require end user behavioural changes in order to be implemented. Nevertheless, the “green” potential of nanotechnologies is based on the idea that with greater ability to manipulate matter and adapt properties, it should be possible to make products and processes |
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with reduced toxicity, increased durability and improved energy efficiency.
Nanotechnologies appear to offer exciting new possibilities for increasing the resource and energy efficiency of industrial processes and products. In this context, nanotechnologies are expected to play an important role in the development of new environmental technologies and “green products”. Potential environmental applications of nanotechnologies include:
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1. Electricity storage, 2. Engine efficiency, 3. Hydrogen economy, 4. Thermovoltaic, 5. Insulation, 6. Fuel Cells, 7. Light weighting, 8. Lighting, 9. Agriculture pollution reduction, 10. Drinking water purification, 11. Environmental sensors and, 12. Remediation |
