Industry companies ranging from suppliers to manufacturers to dealers have been named to this year’s Inc. 5000, a list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States compiled annually by Inc. magazine. New to the list this year, at the spot of number 826, is Power Windows and Siding, a door and window [...]

The Iron Door Co. LLC has announced that it has teamed up with designer Henrietta Spencer-Churchill of Spencer-Churchill Designs Inc. to design a line of iron doors for the Castle Entries brand. According to the Alabaster, Ala.-based company, the line will be competitive with high-end wood doors.
“This relationship provides a strategic focus for our Castle [...]

Before adjourning the August session, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced last week that he would not hold a floor vote on an energy and oil spill response bill, which also would have offered rebates to consumers for home energy efficiency improvements under the Home Star program. The bill is shelved until the Senate [...]

In an effort to provide predictable energy costs at its Chico, Calif., facility Sunset Moulding Co. recently completed the installation of a 565kW single-axis ground mount tracking solar electric system. The project was financed, constructed and operated by Pacific Power Management while Sunset Moulding Co. has agreed to purchase the solar electricity through a long-term [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) announced today that it plans to market the R5 Volume Purchase program aggressively, and offered additional details on the program during a webinar titled “”Cost-Effective Triple Pane (R-5) and Low-e Storm Windows — Available Now.”
The speakers highlighted DOE’s effort to bring affordable triple-pane and low-E storm windows to the marketplace [...]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the beginning of the second phase of its criteria revisions for doors, windows and skylights today. During this process, EPA will invite industry input and update research from the last criteria revision (June 2007 – April 2009). Based on this feedback and analysis, EPA will select criteria that [...]

The amount of lead that can be included in fenestration hardware loomed large as day two of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s (AAMA) National Summer Conference came to a close yesterday. And the issue proved to be a bit of a lead albatross as members of the Hardware Surface Test Task Group discussed draft language [...]

The U.S. Department of Energy launched its “Highly-Insulating R-5 Windows and Low-E Storm Windows Volume Purchase Program” with an event yesterday in Washington, D.C., held at the headquarters of the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB). The program was designed to pair manufacturers of these windows with potential large-volume purchasers in an effort to help manufacturers [...]