Beatrice Carolina Iaia

CEO&founder of Biotitan Nanotechnology, Italy

Abstract Title: Maintenance and sanitization: nanotechnologies at the service of daily and conservative activities

Biography:

I have always been passionate about communication, and in Biotitan Nanotechnology I found my mission: helping companies adopt a new, more sustainable way of managing and maintaining surfaces, reducing water and chemical waste through innovative coatings. Before Biotitan, I founded Groovylish, a dance school and international urban dance event format. I started my entrepreneurial journey at 25, and over time I learned that with the right mindset and determination, it’s possible to reinvent yourself and grow beyond expectations. Today, I lead Biotitan with the same energy, bringing innovation and sustainability into companies.

Research Interest:

The importance of nanotechnology in the world of hygiene and conservation of materials is a highly topical issue. Today, more than ever, we are asked to make use of the lessons learned from the application of good operating practices and those derived from phenomena that already in nature give us interesting aspects related to the reactive behavior of matter, understood in the broadest sense of the term. It is not an immediate connection that correlates the concepts of maintenance, the contributions derived from observing nature and, ultimately, innovation. Yet, it is the current "future" in which we must promote new and interesting reflections to operate with simplified, improved methodologies, aimed at economizing and impacting, unquestionably less, on the entire production and application process. The project was born with the intention of disseminating and educating to a "culture of doing", in the field of hygiene, cleaning, and therefore maintenance, towards which extraordinary and effective results are expected, responding to European "green" protocols, drastically reducing costs, times, pollutants and exposure to risks. The choice of materials has a significant importance in the design and study of their subsequent maintenance. Preventing the deterioration of the construction components of the work or a part of them means knowing how to preserve the functional, aesthetic and usability characteristics of an asset that will maintain its value over time, in the interest of the individual or the community. Nanotechnology applied to materials allows surfaces to remain protected, clean and sanitized for a period of between 2 and 7 years, this not only allows the end user to solve a problem (slipperiness, cleanliness, maintenance or bacterial contamination), but also generates savings in economic and environmental terms. Beatrice Carolina Iaia, ceo&founder of Biotitan Nanotechnology ABSTRACT Some studies carried out at well-known food industries have shown that replacing a traditional cleaning protocol with an innovative protocol has allowed them to save over 300,000 liters of water and 20,000 euros of chlorine in one year for the 300 square meters of sample developed on a portion of the floor within the sample food production. This has made it possible not only to solve the risk of listeria contamination, but also to generate 70% less chemical pollution and to reduce by 50% the workforce used on the same site for the sanitization of the environments. Data like these show us how innovation can be achieved on many levels, even in contexts such as cleaning and maintenance that by definition have always been more "classic". Water saving is a very important issue, not only in view of the 2030 goals, but also thinking about the long-awaited launch by the European Union of "water credits", which will push companies and especially industries to concretely save their water resources. Nanotechnology solutions undoubtedly offer a valid solution in this sense because the future is in the hands of those who know how to see beyond, even in traditional processes, such as cleaning and maintenance of work environments.