Kusukela ngo-Ephreli 2026, i-globalisihlabathi esinombalaImakethe ibhekene nomfutho oqhubekayo, oqhutshwa ukwanda kwesidingo esivela ezimbonini zokwakha, zokuhlobisa, kanye nezokuhlobisa. Izibalo zakamuva zembula i-‌Ukwenyuka okungu-6.1% unyaka nonyakangobuningi bemakethe phakathi nekota yokuqala, kanye nokubikezela okubonisa ukuthi imakethe izodlulaAmaRandi ayizigidigidi ezingu-3.7 ngo-2030‌, eqhutshwa yizinhlelo zokuhlobisa amadolobha kanye nezitayela zezinto eziqhubekayo.

I-‌umkhakha wokwakha‌ime njengomthengi oyinhloko, imele cishe ‌50% yesidingo esipheleleIsihlabathi esinombala, esiyigugu ngenxa yasoimvelaphi yemvelo, ukumelana ne-UV, kanye nokuqina kombala isikhathi eside‌, ihlanganiswa kakhulu nokhonkolo wezakhiwo, phansi kwe-terrazzo, kanye nokuqedwa kodonga lwangaphandle. Intuthuko esheshayo yedolobha e-‌INingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, iMpumalanga Ephakathi, kanye ne-Afrika engaphansi kweSaharaI-‌ isheshise kakhulu ingqalasizinda kanye namaphrojekthi esikhala somphakathi, lapho ukukhanga kobuhle kudlala indima ekhulayo, okuthuthukisa ngqo ukwamukelwa kwesihlabathi esinemibala.

Ku-‌imboni yokulungisa igadi kanye nokulungisa izinkuni‌, abaklami kanye nomasipala bayawamukela isihlabathi esinemibala ngekhono laso lokuthuthukisa ukungafani kokubona nokudala izindawo zangaphandle ezihlala isikhathi eside nezingenakulungiswa. Kusukela ezinkundleni zokudlala kuya ezindaweni zomphakathi, ukusetshenziswa kwaso ku‌izinhlelo zokugandaya eziboshwe nge-epoxy kanye nobuso obusekelwe ku-resinikhule ngo-ngaphezu kuka-40%eminyakeni emibili edlule. Kunjaloukwakheka okungenabo ubuthi kanye nomthelela omncane kwezemvelo‌ vumelana nezindinganiso zokwakha eziluhlaza, okwenza kube ukukhetha okuthandwayo ekuhleleni amadolobha okukhathalela imvelo.

Ukusungula izinto ezintsha kushintsha isimo somkhiqizo. Uhlobo olusha lweisihlabathi esinombala esenziwe ngobunjiniyelasekuvele, okuquketheukufana kwezinhlayiya okuthuthukisiwe, ukugcinwa kombala okuthuthukisiwe, kanye nokumbozwa kwe-hydrophobicezimelana nokufiphala nokungena komswakama. Lezi zinto ezithuthukisiwe ziyathandwa kakhuluizinhlelo zokusebenza zokwakha ezisezingeni eliphezulu‌, kufaka phakathi izakhiwo zokuhlala zikanokusho, ama-façade ezentengiselwano, kanye nezici zokuklama kwangaphakathi ezifana namaphaneli odonga akhanyiswe ngemuva kanye nama-aggregate okuhlobisa.

Ukusimama kuyimbangela ebalulekile. Ngokungafani nezinto zokuhlobisa ezenziwe ngokwenziwa, isihlabathi esinombala sitholakala ku-‌i-quartz yemvelo noma i-silicafuthi inqubo yokufaka imibala iyaqhubeka nokusebenzisaimibala ye-inorganic metal oxide‌—amakhemikhali afanayo aqinile asetshenziswa ekukhiqizeni i-iron oxide pigment.Abakhiqizi abangu-75%bashintshele ku-ubuchwepheshe bokumboza obusebenzisa amanzi angaphansi kokukhishwa kwegesi‌, ukunciphisa umkhiqizo we-volatile organic compound (VOC) kanye nokusekela imigomo ye-circular economy.

Ukuqina kochungechunge lokuphakelwa kwempahla kuqinisiwe, njengoba abakhiqizi bekhulaukuhlanganiswa okuqondilekanye nokuqinisekisa ukufinyelela kwesikhathi eside esihlabathini esiluhlaza esihlanzekile kakhulu kanye nemibala enobungani nemvelo. Kodwa-ke, izinselele ziyaqhubeka, okuhlanganisaimithethonqubo yesifunda yokumbiwa kwesihlabathifuthiizindleko zezokuthuthazokuthutha ngobuningi. Ngenxa yalokho, izinkampani zitshala imali kuizindawo zokukhiqiza zasendawenifuthiizinhlelo zokuphatha impahla yedijithaliukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kokulethwa nokunciphisa ukunyatheliswa kwekhabhoni.

Abahlaziyi bemboni baqokomisa ukuthiukubambisana okuseduze phakathi kwabaphakeli bezinto zokwakha kanye nochwepheshe bokuklamakuzobaluleka ekuvuleni izinhlelo zokusebenza ezintsha. Ukufanisa imibala ngokwezifiso, amathuluzi okubonisa ngedijithali, kanye nokuhlolwa kokusebenza kwezimo zezulu ezimbi kakhulu kuvula iminyango ku-‌imikhakha ekhulayonjengeingqalasizinda yedolobha elihlakaniphile, izakhi zesakhiwo eziphrintiwe nge-3D, kanye nokupakishwa okusimeme kwezimpahla zabathengi zekhwalithi ephezulu‌.

Nge-'ukuguquguquka kobuhle, ukuhambisana kwemvelo, kanye nentuthuko kwezobuchwepheshe‌, imakethe yesihlabathi esinemibala ibekwe ku-‌ukwanda kwesikhathi eside‌, iba yingxenye ebaluleke kakhulu ekunyakazweni komhlaba wonke okubheke ku-‌izindawo ezakhiwe kahle, ezisebenzayo, nezisimeme‌.