Mont Blanc, in the Vallee d’Aosta region, has an invisible forest with 142 trees thanks to Acrobatica and Reair technology.
An innovative and far-reaching project
The trees are invisible to the human eye, but capable of improving the quality of the air and the environment. They are the trees in Skyway Mont Blanc's Invisible Wood, the result of maintenance and cleaning carried out by Acrobatica, a group led by CEO Anna Marras and specialized in the outdoor renovation sector. The innovative products used come from Reair, a company that develops and produces eco-technologies for the purification of air inside and outside buildings.
Similar to having planted 142 deciduous trees
Acrobatica chose to use eCoating on the more than 600sqm of outdoor area between the Pavillon (at 2,173 metres) and Punta Helbronner (at 3. 466 metres). This transparent, nanotechnological, ecological, 100% green coating patented by Reair is activated by means of photocatalysis, an oxidation process that combines light and air, continuing proactively over time to decompose pollutants present in the air such as nitrogen oxides (Nox), organic pm powders and other harmful pathogens, as well as moulds and fungi. This reaction transforms pollutants in the air into harmless by-products such as salts, carbon dioxide and water, eliminating, in the case of the Skyway operation, up to 59 kilos of Nox per year, the equivalent of what 142 deciduous trees would do.
“We are ready to grow virtual forests all over Italy”
“We started from the roof of Europe, and now we are ready to grow virtual forests all over Italy,- comments Acrobatica's Northern Italy sales manager, Jacopo Rossi. -On the Mont Blanc Skyway in the Valle d’Aosta with the invisible forest we have succeeded in demonstrating that our technology can be applied not only to large urban centres, but also to accommodation facilities in environments of incomparable beauty, which can serve as an example for a careful and respectful use of our extraordinary natural heritage,- adds Reair co-founder Nicola Parenti.
