Denmark’s sustainable self-cleaning hotels

Two hotels in Denmark have rid their premises of harsh chemicals, opting instead for the innovation of biotechnology to allow the hotels to clean themselves.

This breakthrough is called CleanCoat Technology, and it comes from ACT.Global, a Danish tech company specialising in ‘sustainable disinfection’ and hygiene solutions using technology and natural light to combat air pollution. The company has also helped one of the Danish hotels go chemical-free.

Design images of the new Hotel Ottilia – the second Danish hotel to get the help of the self-cleaning technology. Image: Brøchner Hotels.

CleanCoat Technology is made of a clear and odourless Teflon-like material, which is a polymer, and is activated by the energy in sunlight. The hotel rooms are coated with this polymer, which takes care of the furniture and surfaces.

It can help prevent the spread of bacterial and fungal diseases and germs affecting travellers too – especially great news for those who are a bit germaphobic. Apparently, this self-cleaning technology can even get rid of bad odours such as cigarette smoke.

If you’re worried about chemicals and health and safety, you should know that the active ingredient in CleanCoat Technology is titanium dioxide, which is found in sunblock.

The Copenhagen-based Hotels Herman K and Ottilia, the newest and second to get the self-cleaning tech, are part of the Brøchner Hotel group, and are free of harsh chemical cleaning agents.

The Hotel Herman K penthouse suite living room. It’ll look this spotless too! Image: Brøchner Hotels.

The results of Denmark’s National Research Centre for the Working Environment’s tests show that the antibacterial spray is particularly effective in fighting the flu and even salmonella.

The Danish body is also responsible for investigating the ‘occupational nanosafety’ of this technology, likely a term we’ll be hearing a lot more often as tech and innovation shape the near future. Will this stop us, and travellers in particular, from washing their hands and cleaning altogether?

Featured images supplied/ Brøchner Hotels

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