Developing Novel Processes for Copper Patination as a Green Building Material

铜镀铜的使用在过去十年里一直在迅速增长。铜因其长寿、耐用、实用和美观而被使用了几个世纪。然而，最近全球对环保、资源节约型建筑的趋势**导致人们对使用铜作为可持续建筑材料及其抗菌性能的兴趣迅速增长。**铜作为建筑材料耐用，寿命长，几乎不需要维护，很容易重复使用或回收。**铜色是自然发生的，但也可以在可控的条件下人工实现，以加速老化**过程并产生更多种类的铜绿颜色。仅在北美，绿色建材需求预计每年增长11%，到2017年达到866亿美元，其中外部产品预计将是最大的细分市场。因此，**用于建筑应用的镀铜产品有很大的市场机会。**在多伦多大学，我们建议开发一种坚固的工艺，通过使用环境友好型化学品来生产用于建筑应用的自然陈化铜的**外观。该项目融合了材料科学、**化学和聚合物(作为涂层)的前沿概念。我们的新型镀铜材料在外部和内部**应用中将更加经济。该项目将促进陈年铜技术的现状，并扩大我们**行业合作伙伴的业务范围。我们的铜镀铜新工艺作为一种绿色建筑材料，将在**陈年铜的生产中得到广泛应用。

The use of copper patination has been growing rapidly over the past decade. Copper has been used for centuries due to its**longevity, durability, practicality and beauty. However, the recent global trend towards eco-friendly resource-efficient buildings has**resulted in a rapidly growing interest in the use of copper as a sustainable construction material and for its antimicrobial properties.**Copper as a construction material is durable, has a long life span, requires little maintenance and is readily reusable or recyclable.**Patination occurs naturally but can be also achieved artificially under controlled conditions in order to both accelerate the aging**process and generate a wider variety of patina colours. In the North America alone, green building materials demand is expected**to increase 11 percent annually to $86.6 billion in 2017 with the exterior productsexpected to be the largest segment. Therefore,**patinated copper products for building applications have a great market opportunity.**At the University of Toronto, we propose to develop a robust process by using environmental friendly chemicals to produce the**appearance of naturally aged copper for building applications. This project integrates leading edge concepts in material science,**chemistry and polymers (as a coating). Our novel copper patination materials will be more economic to use in external and internal**applications. This project will advance the current state of aged copper technology and expand the business offering of our**industry partner. Our novel processes for Copper patination as a green building material will find widespread applications in the**production of aged copper.**