CLEANTREE

Challenge

CLEANTREE’s ambition is to develop a clean and environmentally friendly technology for blackening wood, as a replacement for the wood protection techniques used today.

Solution idea

The foundation for the CLEANTREE collaborative innovation project is the desire to turn an old-fashioned wood protection technique based on vinegar and iron mixtures into a commercial production method for the furniture industry.

The project was co-financed by the Ministry of Education and Research.

Project deliverables

Trials and tests will be performed during this project, with contributions from IPU and DTU, the Technical University of Denmark. Additionally, the foundation needed to produce a machine capable of performing this surface treatment will be investigated.

This project is financed by Energy Cluster Denmark’s Technology, Innovation, Environment, and Energy (TIME, from the Danish initials) support programme. It offers three years of support to allow small- and medium-sized businesses to collaboratively develop innovative electronic products focused on energy optimisation. The TIME project is supported by the European Regional Development Fund.