Featured Content
Senate Passes Legislation Tying Door and Window Tax Credits to ENERGY STAR® Program
The U.S. Senate passed a bill late on Wednesday that will tie the International Revenue Service’s tax credits for door, windows and skylights to the ENERGY STAR criteria. The legislation was passed as an amendment to the Senate’s “tax extenders” bill, which passed with a vote of 62-36. The bill will now go to the [...]
Recent Posts
Here are the most recent articles from DWM Magazine:
Latest Issue

Back Issues
Digital Edition Archive
Search Magazine Archives
Subscription Central
Event News
Online Buyers' Guide
We've compiled a comprehensive listing of resources that will help you find whatever you need in the door and window manufacturing industry. Our Online Buyers' Guide is designed to be the one-stop shop for all your needs.
Read Online Buyers' GuideDWM/Shelter Magazine Blogs
Door and Window Musings
By Tara Taffera
Thinking about Green This past weekend I watched a documentary called Food Inc., and it reminded me to dust off a column I wrote back in October that I never published about green principles.
I wrote the column while compiling our green issue, and I became very interested in some of the things Wal-Mart is doing in its quest [...]
Plavecsky's Ponderings
By Jim Plavecsky
Will Lead Weigh Down a Window Industry Recovery? Everybody is talking about the upcoming regulations that will take place for window installations in houses built prior to 1978. The new regulations are designed to protect pregnant women and children from the hazards of airborne lead particles that may arise from disturbing painted surfaces during the process of window installation. The fear is that [...]
Collins, the Trend Tracker
By Mike Collins
Foreclosures and the Outlook for the First Half of 2010 Several housing market analysts predict that there will be another seven million foreclosures over the next few years. While that may sound like a dire prediction, the effect of these foreclosures may not be as extreme as a first glance would indicate. Fewer newly built homes are being added to the inventory of existing homes. [...]
A Manager's View
By Keith Castleman
Digging through the Snow I worked extremely hard this weekend for nothing. The weather in Kansas City this winter has been extremely severe. There are several inches of snow on the ground, nightly lows below zero and we haven’t seen 32 degrees since Christmas Eve. I’ve probably shoveled our driveway ten times already and the forecast is calling for [...]

