photocatalytic pavement Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:29:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Smog Eating Pavement Purifies Dutch Air https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smog-eating-pavement-purifies-dutch-air-20130711/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/smog-eating-pavement-purifies-dutch-air-20130711/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2013 05:29:23 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39148 Dutch scientists at Eindhoven University of Technology have discovered that they can reduce air pollution by 50% by installing air-purifying pavement on the city of Hengelo’s urban streets. The scientists discovered that by lining the streets with paving blocks covered in titanium oxide, otherwise known as photocatalytic pavement, they can remove particulate matter from the […]

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