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Cleaning Costs for European Sheltered White Painted Steel and Modern Glass Surfaces Due to Air Pollution Since the Year 2000.
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Atmosphere . Apr2019, Vol. 10 Issue 4, p167. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper reports estimated maintenance-cleaning costs, cost savings and cleaning interval increases for structural surfaces and windows in Europe obtainable by reducing the air pollution. Methodology and data from the ICP-materials project were used. The average present (2018) cleaning costs for sheltered white painted steel surfaces and modern glass due to air pollution over background, was estimated to be ~2.5 Euro/m2∙year. Hypothetical 50% reduction in the air pollution was found to give savings in these cleaning costs of ~1.5 Euro/m2∙year. Observed reduction in the air pollution, from 2002–2005 until 2011–2014, have probably increased the cleaning interval for white painted steel with ~100% (from 12 to 24 years), representing reductions in the single intervention cleaning costs from 7 to 4%/year (= % of one cleaning investment, per year during the cleaning interval) and for the modern glass with ~65% (from 0.85 to 1.3 years), representing reductions in the cleaning cost from 124 to 95%/year. The cleaning cost reductions, obtainable by 50% reduction in air pollution, would have been ~3 %/year for white painted steel and ~60%/year for the modern glass, representing ~100 and 50% additional cleaning interval increases. These potential cleaning cost savings are significantly higher than previously reported for the weathering of Portland limestone ornament and zinc monuments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *AIR pollution
*GLASS recycling
*COST control
*STEEL
*GLASS
*COST
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20734433
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Atmosphere
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 136237180
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10040167