The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a finalized update to the Vision and Guiding Principles for Energy Star products. Input provided on the draft update informed a number of refinements to the document, reported the EPA. Some of these include:
Focus on Energy Efficiency. The EPA says a broad range of stakeholders supported the Energy [...]
PPG Industries has filed a suit against Jeld-Wen Inc. alleging the company has breached its rights to PPG’s patent applications. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, on May 1, 2012.
The complaint alleges that PPG is the owner of patent applications covering an insulating unit having a [...]
Royal Building Products is partnering with Habitat for Humanity and professional homebuilders across the United States during Home Builders Blitz 2012. Habitat for Humanity will build, rehabilitate or repair more than 200 homes in partnership with low-income families across the country as part of its Home Builders Blitz program, with work on most of these [...]
Seven-D Industries in Hollidaysburg, Pa., has been named a Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) site by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). According to a company, being a part of the program is a way to improve the overall safety of employees and reduce its accident rate.
“We became aware of the program [...]
“He’s probably the greatest script writer I know,” said Dave Yoho, president of Dave Yoho Associates, when introducing his son David Alan Yoho to attendees of a home improvement profitability seminar held recently in Fairfax, Va. He is featured on the series, Leads, Leads, Leads and the soon to be released video series: Super Sales [...]
The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) is getting close to launching the Independent Verification Program (IVP), which means that beginning in 2013, all fenestration products listed in the Certified Products Directory (CDP) will be subject to what I refer to as a Real World Evaluation.
Real World Evaluation means the NRFC will go out into the [...]
When it comes to the housing and remodeling markets there are four key issues starting with: falling house prices, a large inventory of distressed homes and low mobility are holding back a stronger housing recovery, according to Kermit Baker, a senior research fellow at Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies, and the project director [...]
The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) Summer Technical Conference will be held June 4-7 in Ottawa, Ontario. Association officials say the event will include several networking opportunities and a meeting of the recently formed Emerging Technology & Innovation (ETI) Committee, along with a focus on document creation throughout its three days.
“IGMA represents the best of [...]
YKK AP America has hired Matt Hale as national operations manager.
Hale has more than 30 years’ experience in the industry and most recently served as marketing manager for Glasslam. Prior to that, he served as consultant, general manager and sales manager for Desert Glass Products. He also has experience with Arch Aluminum & Glass, AFG [...]
How important is networking for your business and for yourself? Let me put it another way, if you are selling a window package to someone, are your chances better with someone who knows you or someone that is meeting you for the first time?
I have found over the years that networking is a real key [...]
