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Championing Healthier Indoor Air Through Better Paint Choices

In partnership with nooku indoor air quality monitoring, Dulux is showcasing the measurable benefits of using water-based and low-VOC paints. Discover the durable Dulux products, specially formulated to reduce VOC emissions and help protect indoor air quality while delivering exceptional finish quality.

Making the Invisible Visible

At Dulux, we believe the spaces you live and work in should not only look beautiful but also support wellbeing. That’s why we’ve partnered with nooku, an indoor air quality monitoring specialist, to demonstrate how paint selection affects the air you breathe.

This collaboration brings together Dulux’s sustainable, low-VOC and water-based paint technologies with nooku’s real-time indoor air quality monitor to showcase the measurable impact of paint formulations on indoor environments.

“Our partnership with nooku aims to showcase what’s really happening to the air while decorating, making the benefits of our new 99.9% VOC free technology and water-based paints tangible and easy to see.”

Peter Howard, Sustainability and CSR Lead at AkzoNobel

Understanding Indoor Air Quality and VOCs

Indoor air can be up to five times more polluted than outdoor air, especially during decorating or renovation activities. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released from traditional solvent-based paints contribute to this pollution, potentially affecting comfort and health.

Choosing water-based and 99.9% VOC-free paint formulations from Dulux reduces emissions during application and drying, helping maintain healthier air quality levels inside homes and workplaces. nooku’s monitoring technology tracks VOCs, humidity, CO₂ and other airborne pollutants in real time, translating complex environmental data into easy-to-understand indoor air quality test ratings. This helps decorators, homeowners, and specifiers see the benefits of low-VOC paint choices as they happen.

When paired with Dulux’s 99.9% VOC-free emulsions and water-based trim paints, nooku readings consistently show stable ‘Good’ indoor air quality levels during painting and drying — compared with fluctuating results from conventional solvent-based products.

Let’s see it in action!

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Paint Performance Without Compromise

Reducing VOCs doesn’t mean compromising on performance. Dulux water-based paints deliver durable, high-quality finishes across walls, wood and metal substrates, while supporting faster drying times and lower environmental impact.

From Dulux Trade emulsions to Dulux Easy-care kitchen and walls-and-ceilings ranges, these formulations are developed to align with rising expectations for healthier indoor environments and sustainability goals across residential and commercial projects.

Indoor air quality testing made simple

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Temperature

How hot or cold the air is
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Humidity

The amount of moisture that’s in the air

Carbon dioxide

A green house gas produced by human activities
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Particulate Matter 1 – 10

Airborne particles such as dust, pollen and pet dander.
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VOCs - Volatile Organic Compounds

Airborne chemicals from likes of cleaning products and plants.

Nitrogen Oxides NOx

Gases created from burning fuel such as car emissions.
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