The Next Step in Solar Reflectance Testing for Roofing Products

by Matthew Lendzinski and Joseph Rokowski

When it comes to roofing, after expected service life of individual products, the most common attribute used to describe performance is often solar reflectivity.

Architectural Coatings: State of the Technology

Durability + Design asked leaders from a cross-section of the coatings industry for their opinions about the state of the industry—past, present, and future.

Coatings, Specifications, and the Bible

by Allen Zielnik

Walter Scarborough, a fellow contributing editor to Durability + Design and a registered architect and specifier with more than 30 years of technical experience, has previously commented “that the reality of specifications is nowhere where it should be . . . .”

Commercial Coatings Set For Gains at SSPC 2013

The SSPC Commercial Coating Committee has made significant progress on its ambitious agenda of developing standards and guides for architectural coatings and coating work, and will consolidate its gains at the SSPC National Conference in San Antonio in January 2013.