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 [...]

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 [...]

A Minnesota senator has introduced legislation that would exempt windows with a sill bottom of more than 22 inches above the finished floor from the state’s law regarding window fall prevention devices. The bill, introduced by Sen. Linda Berglin (D), would add the following language to the law:
The rules shall not apply to windows with [...]

When President Obama spoke last week at Savanna Technical College concerning the Homestar program, which would offer rebates for energy efficient improvements, including windows, many in the industry expressed their support for this plan.
“The homeowner would be eligible for a rebate from the store or the contractor for 50 percent of the cost of each [...]

As a result of a settlement filed Monday, March 2 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7, the Pella Corporation has agreed to conduct an investigation and cleanup of hazardous waste releases into soil and groundwater from its door and window manufacturing facility in Pella, Iowa, according to a report from the EPA.
The administrative [...]

Gregory J. Bocchi, president of the Vinyl Institute, is asking others to join him in opposing the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Pilot Credit 2, which, according to Bocchi, “would reward avoidance of building products made from PVC/vinyl or other halogenated compounds.”
According to the proposed credit (CLICK HERE  to view it), the intent is to [...]

Gorell Windows & Doors in Indiana, Pa., Andersen Windows in Bayport, Minn., and Jeld-Wen in Klamath Falls, Ore., have been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Awards.
Additionally, Gorell, ProVia Door, in Sugarcreek, Ohio and Pella Corp. in Pella, Iowa, have earned [...]

Crystal Window & Door Systems announced that it has submitted a formal proposal to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to participate in its “Highly Insulating R-5 Window and Low-E Storm Window Volume Purchase Program.”
The DOE R-5 Program seeks to amass increased demand for leading edge, high-performance windows through the creation of an on-line virtual [...]

Quanex Building Products Corp. announced its fiscal first quarter 2010 results for the period ending January 31 last week. First-quarter net sales were $151.4 million compared to $112.9 million a year ago. Income from continuing operations was $1.1 million. The company reported that demand at its two operating segments – Engineered Products and Aluminum Sheet [...]

Builders FirstSource, Inc., supplier and manufacturer of structural and related building products for residential new construction, reported a $6.2 million profit in the fourth quarter on sales of $154 million. For the year, however, the company posted a $56.9 million loss, according to a company press release.
“We saw an improving trend in housing starts towards [...]