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Come join us on the 2nd Thursday of each month, September through June, for our Monthly Membership Meeting. Reservations are required.

SEPTEMBER MEETING

The Admiral Fell Inn

888 South Broadway

Historic Fells Point

Baltimore, MD

410-522-7377

Date: September 9, 2010

Time: 4:30 PM—Board Meeting OPEN TO ALL MEMBERS

5:30 PM—Happy Hour with cash bar

6:30 PM—Dinner

7:30 PM—Program

Please make your reservation before noon on the Tuesday prior to the meeting. E mail the House Committee to make your reservations.

Panel Discussion: The Future of Architectural Coatings as VOC Regulations Change

You have probably seen the alphabet soup of governmental VOC regulations: BAAQMD, CARB, CHPS, EPA's AIM, OTC, and SCAQMD. They are supplemented by the voluntary requirements of USGBC's LEED and GBI's Green Globes programs. Unlike the International Building Code which has a regular triennial revision and adoption schedule, the VOC regulations have a non-regular revision and adoption schedule.

For several years, those of us in the Middle Atlantic and Northeast Regions have been awaiting the next OTC VOC regulation change. After a false start of adoption in 2009, the time seems to be drifting to 2012 or 2014.

For most of us, we see it as an issue of "when it's adopted, we'll change the specifications." However, for those of us in the architectural coating business (manufacturers and applicators), it is a significant business-operations-affecting jolt. Formulations change, container sizes change, packaging and labeling change, and application techniques and equipment change. For the rest of us, we get to live with the resulting coating performance, durability, stability, appearance, and cleanability.

Join us as the Chapter's architectural coating representative members (Greg Barbini, Steve Evans, Todd Guntner, and Liz Stone) discuss how their companies are meeting the challenge in this ever-changing realm. Also joining us will be Bryon Turi, Manager, PPG Architectural / Commercial Coating Services. We will have a short program where we see where we are going with the VOC regulations, followed by the panel discussion.

This month’s table top sponsor is PPG Ideascapes .

Upcoming Programs:

October 14, 2010—The Future of Fenestration

November 11, 2010 December 9, 2010 January 13, 2011 February 10, 2011

March 10, 2011 April 14, 2011 May 12, 2011 June 9, 2011

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