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Harold Hower |
Harold Hower, CEO and founder of Technology Publishing Company, likes to think about ways of improving conditions in the architectural coatings industry.
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The RRP Rule Hits Home (or, Why this Homeowner Paid More but Got More) By Harold Hower |
All this debate and discussion about the EPA’s lead-paint Renovate, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule has hit home, you might say, for this corner of blog space....
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POSTED APRIL 25, 2011 | 2 COMMENTS |
Artwork and Politics Make for Volatile Mixture in Maine Mural Flap By Harold Hower |
Murals are considered one genre of decorative painting, so we thought it would be interesting to bring to the attention of our decorative painting artisans, as well as to those who might use the servi...
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POSTED APRIL 14, 2011 | 0 COMMENTS |
Solar Paint? There’s a Ton of Energy Going into the Idea By Harold Hower |
In this blog I like to talk technology—the kind that’s on the fringe of practical application, maybe even on the fringe of consciousness. Just think, for instance, about the progression of the compute...
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POSTED MARCH 29, 2011 | 1 COMMENT |
Here’s a Federal Government Activity That May Be Worth Funding By Harold Hower |
Two questions: What aspects of the Federal government should be funded, and is the government capable of contributing to our welfare in a significant way?...
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POSTED MARCH 11, 2011 | 1 COMMENT |
A Modest Proposal: Give Compromise a Chance—and Rational Thinking too By Harold Hower |
People today tend to dislike compromise, as seen in headlines about labor disputes and budget battles. While politics was once called “the art of compromise,” today “compromise” is viewed as a dirty w...
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POSTED MARCH 2, 2011 | 0 COMMENTS |
Of EPA Bashing, Alternate Approaches to Clean Air, and the Triumph of Human Ingenuity By Harold Hower |
I recently read two projections about the number of electric cars that will be sold in the U.S. in the future. One, from a government agency, said there would be 200,000 by 2015; the other, from a car...
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POSTED FEBRUARY 22, 2011 | 2 COMMENTS |
New Micro-climate Destroys Paint By Harold Hower |
Paint chemists from New York to Los Angeles have been buzzing this past week about two massive paint failures, both in Midwest capitol buildings and both reported by the Associated Press on the same d...
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POSTED DECEMBER 17, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
The Material Has Become the System By Harold Hower |
An exterior building membrane or skin serves as both a building envelope and a substitute for climate control systems within the building....
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POSTED OCTOBER 7, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
Biological Skin Proposed for Buildings By Harold Hower |
It's not a Grade B horror movie, obviously, but it does have its creepy side, nevertheless. I'm referring to a headline in Popular Science: "Architects and Cell Biologists Team Up to Make Biological ...
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POSTED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
Smog-eating Coating Questioned About Durability, Safety By Harold Hower |
The proposed smog-eating purple skyscraper in Hong Kong, with photocatalytically active nanocoatings doing the smog-eating, has elicited a response from Flavio Visioli of Sestriere Vernici, a paint co...
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POSTED SEPTEMBER 3, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
Politics and Paint: More or Less Government in Coatings? By Harold Hower |
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POSTED AUGUST 26, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
Smog-Eating Purple Skyscraper By Harold Hower |
Smog-Eating Purple Skyscraper...
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POSTED AUGUST 23, 2010 | 2 COMMENTS |
Singing the Praises of Coatings By Harold Hower |
At the risk of sounding parochial, or self-promotional, I want to sing the praises of coatings, especially in regard to their capability to extend the functionality of other materials....
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POSTED AUGUST 17, 2010 | 0 COMMENTS |
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