In his innovation column, Anicet Mbida presented, Thursday on Europe 1, a paint with amazing properties.

Indeed, it allows to refresh, up to 10 degrees, a room or an object.

A refreshing paint, very useful in summer and in a heatwave, is able to lower the ambient temperature.

We already knew that the white paint reflected sunlight, so that it limited the increase in temperature.

This is why houses are painted white in hot countries, for example.

And that is not magic.

We prevent the heat from accumulating, but we never manage to air-condition, that is to say to drop below room temperature.

This is what scientists at the University of Perdue in the United States have succeeded in doing.

They developed the first paint capable of reflecting more than 95% of the rays it receives.

Result: objects painted with it can lose up to 10 ° compared to the ambient temperature.

This means that in summer we will need less cooling.

We will use less air conditioning.

Which will be much better for the climate.

For what cost?

Because it is a simple recipe for painting with common products, it is not that expensive.

There are also very efficient coatings which protect against heat but they use rare and very expensive materials (Teflon or titanium) which make prices explode.

There, we will stay very close, at the same time, to the prices and to the use of classic paints.

After depolluting paint, anti-microbe, anti-odor paint ... Paints which store the heat of the day to restore it at night, so refreshing paintings!

Or how to brush a surface to give it a bunch of new properties.