A few years ago, the choice of photoluminescence to make areas dedicated to soft mobility safer seemed like a gamble on the future... Today, this gamble is proving to be a necessary choice for making mobility safer at night in our territory.
Communities of communes, départements or local authority agglomerations: they have all put their trust in us and decided to apply our photoluminescent paint to their cycle paths. After several years' experience and proven performance, they have decided to place their trust in LuminoKrom® once again.
Discover some of those for whom an initial "test" application has been transformed into the deployment of phosphorescent cycle paths and greenways on their territory.
Charente-Maritime encourages soft mobility at night with photoluminescence
Following applications in Châtelaillon-Plage, La Rochelle and Ars-en-Ré, it's now the city if Lagord's turn to make its cycle paths safer with our LuminoKrom® photoluminescent paint.
In the 17 French department, several applications have been made since 2021 to encourage soft mobility and make travelling safer at night. Various greenways and cycle paths in the department have been marked with our paint in urban and suburban areas.
LuminoKrom® applications in Charente Maritime, France
Thanks to its role as a light guide in the dark and its performance of over 10 hours, LuminoKrom® has proved its worth in the area and convinced local users. Naturally, it was our luminous beaconing that was chosen to provide safety for the new cycle path on a shared road between the communes of Puilboreau and Lagord.
Our LuminoKrom® paint is also winning over customers outside France! As a perfect illustration of the benefits of using LuminoKrom® again and again, let's take the example of the Service Public de Wallonie SPW.
The adventure began in 2020 with the securing of RAVeL 142 near Namur to make night-time travel on the track easier and safer for users. Since then, our Belgian partner has renewed its confidence in our marking and recently decided to make another RAVeL safe in the town of Beez.
The two Belgian RAVeLs made safe with our phosphorescent paint
See the latest Belgian development in the town of Beez.
Haguenau, gradual deployment of photoluminescent trails
The Communauté d'Agglomération d'Haguenau (Haguenau Urban Community) is undoubtedly the urban area that best reflects the satisfaction with our phosphorescent markings. The town of Haguenau, located in the Grand Est region of France, regularly uses our paint on its various cycle paths.
The first project dates back to 2020, when a cycle path was made safer to improve visibility in a particularly accident-prone area. Since then, a number of projects have been carried out, all with a view to supporting soft mobility in the town.
Haguenau's cycle paths and greenways marked with our LuminoKrom® paint
This latest project, due to be completed in spring 2023, marks the city's third photoluminescent project. With the aim of improving visibility for road users at night, phosphorescent paint seems to be the ideal lighting solution for cycling.
Photoluminescence is a physical process whereby a material absorbs photons from a light source and re-emits them. To achieve this, the body is subjected to radiation of varying intensity, which excites the electrons present in the substance. These electrons store the light, store the energy and release it when there is a total absence of light.
Thanks to photoluminescence, the substance can be recharged indefinitely by daylight or artificial lighting. Our LuminoKrom® photoluminescent paint exploits exactly this physical phenomenon.
What are the advantages of photoluminescence?
Installations marked with photoluminescent paint require no special maintenance or servicing. Only standard road maintenance is required.
What's more, this type of marking is totally autonomous, requiring no charge or power source. So it's an economical and sustainable solution.
How long does paint luminescence last?
The paint itself emits for a very long time. The most important parameter to take into account is the length of time its light emission is perceptible to the human eye.
In an outdoor environment devoid of any light, we consider that the eye can perceive light emission up to around 8 millicandela/m², i.e. after 10 hours of emission. If the environment presents light pollution (full moon, proximity of public lighting), this threshold will be raised and the duration of visibility will be shortened.
Indoors, in absolute darkness, the perception threshold is much lower, and you can observe the luminescence of our paint for over 12 hours.
What surfaces can LuminoKrom® paint be applied to?
Our LuminoKrom® paint range can be applied to a variety of substrates and materials. We offer different references to suit every circumstance, whether for indoor or outdoor marking, for example.
Our road and urban paint references are ideal for use on concrete, cement, bitumen and asphalt mixes. A waterborne version is also available for interior applications.Concernant les applications sur du métal, il faudra choisir notre peinture LuminoKrom® pour Métal.
Our luminescent paint is applied over a white primer, so you can apply LuminoKrom® to any surface where the white paint will adhere.