Members of the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) presented at the recent American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) Fall Conference on the effect hurricanes have on insulating glass (IG) unit performance, as well as how to wash and cut glass and how to conduct a frost point test. IGMA technical consultant Bill Lingnell led the presentation […]

Steve Selkowitz, senior advisor, Lawrence Berkeley Lab (LBL), gave an information-packed 90-minute presentation on the state of technology in windows and buildings during the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) annual conference in Phoenix this week. Selkowitz led the Windows Group at LBL for 40 years, and he went beyond just highlighting the state of the […]

“Those of you who think regulation is going to disappear [under President Trump]–it ain’t gonna happen.” That was the message from Dr. Jim Doti, president at Chapman University, who presented the economic forecast at the annual meeting of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association, taking place this week in Phoenix. “There may be simplification but no […]

If you have been in an industry meeting in the past few years, chances are you are at least aware of acronyms like EPD, LCA and PCR. Still, the industry is still trying to figure out how this all fits into their business. Vik Ahuja, Life Cycle Assessment Consulting, aimed to answer some of those […]

Members of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) are meeting this week in Phoenix at their annual conference, and it looks a lot different than in the past. This includes duplicate sessions — for those who miss an important speaker, they have an opportunity to catch it on another day. Additionally, fewer sessions are happening […]

Registration is open for the American Architectural Manufacturers Association’s (AAMA) 80th Annual Conference, to be held February 12-15, 2017, in Phoenix at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort. It is the first event AAMA is hosting with its new conference restructuring plans in place. It also will feature the annual awards banquet during this milestone […]

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) might be the leading code-making body for fenestration products in the U.S., but it’s also deeply invested in ensuring that its member companies promote their products effectively. That’s why sessions about marketing were a major focus at the 79th AAMA National Conference, held this week in Huntington Beach, Calif. […]

Growth and change were the buzzwords for the 79th national conference of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA), which opened on Monday in Huntington Beach, Calif. Nine companies have joined AAMA since the fall conference in October, according to president Richard Walker, and the association has welcomed 14 new individual members and four technical consultants […]