Overview

Dunn-Edwards Corporation has announced a cooperation with Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, to minimize impacts on greenhouse emissions through the implementation of Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) technology.

New to the U.S. market, this process carves a pathway for sustainable architectural coatings by producing architectural paints with ingredients manufactured from carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions captured from industrial processes using CCU technology.

CCU Technology Developed through Collaboration between Dunn-Edwards and Celanese Corporation

“Carbon Capture and Utilization can improve the sustainability of a range of essential chemistries by reducing the carbon footprint of the binder and creating circular options for waste CO2,” said Kevin Norfleet, Global Sustainability Director at Celanese. “Working with Dunn-Edwards to launch CCU in architectural coatings brings an improved choice for U.S. consumers.”

Celanese uses CCU technology at its Clear Lake, Texas facility to capture industrial CO2 emissions and create a chemical building block that makes up a key part of vinyl acetate-based emulsions – an integral component in the production of architectural paints. The resulting paint products offer a lower carbon footprint and contribute to a more sustainable building envelope. CCU and fossil-fuel based feedstocks are commingled but accurately tracked through mass-balance accounting.

Enabling the Recycling of over 2 Million Pounds of Captured CO₂ Annually

Using CCU resin technology in Dunn-Edwards manufactured paints is projected to utilize over 2 million pounds of captured CO2 annually. According to the U.S. EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, this is approximately equivalent to what over 800 acres of forest can consume in CO2 in a year. 

Comments from Dunn-Edwards

“Now more than ever, we’re committed to providing professionals and consumers with products that excel in both performance and sustainability, and this collaboration is an exciting step in furthering that priority,” said Tim Bosveld, VP of Product Management at Dunn-Edwards. “We’re honored to be the first architectural coatings manufacturer in the U.S. to implement Celanese’s innovations and see it as a significant step forward in the pursuit of a more sustainable industry.”

By embracing innovative technologies, Dunn-Edwards is working to provide professionals and consumers with products that utilize CCU technology, which aligns with the company’s greener by design® commitment of minimizing adverse impacts on material resources and environmental quality while maintaining the same levels of performance and quality customers expect in coatings.

To learn more about Dunn-Edwards greener by design commitment and advancements, including the implementation of CCU technologies from Celanese, please visit dunnedwards.com/environment.

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Dunn-Edwards Collaborates With Celanese To Bring Carbon Capture and Utilization-Based Paint To The U.S.