(Source: www.people.com.cn) On December 19, under the guidance of Shenzhen Academy of Building Science (300675) and Shenzhen Green Building Association, the Top-Green Award jointly initiated by Live Green Technology, Southern Metropolis Daily and NetEase Home held its 2019 award ceremony.

3TREES won the Top-Green Award - 2019 Green Pioneer Brand, and 3TREES's "BB Paint" and "Venetian Art Paint" won the Top-Green Award - 2019 Selected Green Home Products.

Environmental testing results winning the recognition of professional institutions and authoritative media

The Top-Green Award is the first green living award in China. According to the organizer, the winners of the 2019 award were selected in accordance with "the most rigorous” criteria, i.e. the Technical Standards for Pollution Control of Indoor Decoration of Residential Buildings JGJ/T436-2018 (hereinafter referred to as the "Standards"), and the testing was conducted by the authoritative construction testing laboratory IBR in strict accordance with the testing standards.

Based on the testing results, five levels of certifications are granted. A+ is the most rigorous and the most difficult certification to obtain. The candidate must reach the F1 grade of the Standards in all five items of formaldehyde, TVOC, benzene, toluene and xylene.

3TREES’s BB Paint and Venetian Art Paint have passed strict laboratory tests with outstanding data performance, and reached the F1 grade in all five pollutant indicators, winning the A+ certification in the 2019 Top-Green Award.

Setting a model of environment-friendly company with strong research capability

In the face of such rigorous standards and requirements, it is not easy to win an A+ award. So how is 3TREES able to bring two products into the award list and add to the glory of Chinese quality? The answer lies in the company’s research capability that has enabled the constant innovation and iteration of the 3TREES brand.

The 3TREES BB Paint is a wall paint developed by China's coatings industry. The product is manufactured in a safe and pollution-free environment and under traceable management, which has its ensured its high quality. The safety performance of the product has passed the FDA food contact safety standard (FDA21CFR175.300), providing better health protection for family members, especially infants. In addition to the FDA test, the 3TREES BB Paint has also received the UL GREENGUARD Gold Level Certification of the U.S., the A+ Certification of the French Indoor Air Environment Test, the China Green Product Certification and other authoritative environmental certifications at home and abroad. The company’s strength of environmental protection is widely recognized by the international community.

At present, the top-notch environmental protection products in the coatings industry are mostly water-based interior wall latex paint, while the 3TREES Venetian Art Paint has taken the environmental performance of art paints to a new height and contributed a major innovation to the coatings industry. In addition to the A+ Certification of the Top-Green Award, the Venetian Art Paint has also won the French A+ and U.S. UL GREENGUARD gold-level certifications. It provides consumers with not only the amazing decorative effect of art paints, but also high-quality, environment-friendly and safe products.

The rise of domestic coatings brands

As a leading company of domestic paint brands, 3TREES came to see the importance of environmental protection and safety as early as in 2003. Believing that "technology changes the world, innovation drives the future", 3TREES has introduced the concept of "healthy paint" to the coatings industry, and made continuous investment in the scientific research on the development of green coatings.

3TREES has three major R&D platforms, including a nationally recognized enterprise technology center, a postdoctoral research workstation and an academician workstation, as well as a CNAS-accredited laboratory with more than 100 sets of advanced research equipment. Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, the Nobel Laureate in Chemistry, has been appointed as the Chief Technology Advisor of the company.

3TREES has also undertaken a number of important cutting-edge scientific research projects such as the National "863" Program and provincial and municipal science and technology projects, and established cooperation with academic and research institutes such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Xiamen University, which has produced a number of advanced scientific research outcomes in the industry. The company has also participated in the formulation of 36 national and industrial standards, owned 276 authorized patents, developed more than 30 first-class confidential formulas, and published 37 papers in core technology journals.

Relying on its strong research capability, 3TREES has made continuous efforts to upgrade and renovate production environment, develop new pure paint formulas, and launched a whole series of odorless interior wall paints, thus truly realizing the promise of "8 hours move-in to healthy homes".

Going forward, as an outstanding national coatings brand, 3TREES will continue to show to the world the power of Chinese brands.