The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC), which rates the energy-efficiency of windows, doors, and skylights (also known as fenestration products), has invited Door and Window Market Magazine to share its forecast for the 2021 door and window industry at its Spring Committee Virtual Meeting from March 29-31, 2021. Research Director Nick St. Denis will discuss […]

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has fined Pompano Beach’s Assura Windows and Doors more than $80k for violations that were found at inspections in late October and early November and a penalty payment plan has been put in place, according to the OSHA website. Two citations were issued on October 30, one for […]

Key Media & Research (KMR), publisher of Door and Window Market [DWM] magazine was named a finalist for 11 American Society of Business Publication Editors’ (ASBPE) awards yesterday, showcasing the staff’s outstanding work in print, video and design. The accolades for [DWM] include three nominations: two for design and one national nod for its video […]

Atlanta is the site of GlassBuild America to be held September 17-19 at the Georgia World Congress Center. Hundreds of exhibitors will feature their newest products and developments, from machinery and equipment to hardware and other components used in the manufacturing of doors and windows. This year’s show will once again feature Express Learning—20-minute sessions […]

I just wrapped up my first day of exploring the 2017 Builders’ Show in Orlando.  To those of us (myself included) that were predicting the ‘Death of the Trade Show,’ Mark Twain and I are here to say, ‘those reports of its death have been greatly exaggerated.’  There was very solid traffic on the first […]

Replace an entry door with a steel one lately? Chances are, your customer will recoup more money than they spent on the job. That’s according to Remodeling Magazine’s Cost vs. Value 2015 report, which has a 20-gauge steel entry door ranked at the top of the list with 102 percent of the cost recouped. According […]

Fenestration Day™ is back in the West! For 2015, Irvine, Calif. will host the fifth annual event where all door, window and other fenestration industry leaders come together for a full day’s worth of education, networking and much more. “We are excited to be able to provide the door and window industry this educational opportunity […]

The company formerly known as Albat+Wirsam has officially changed its name to A+W Software GmbH. The company recently was sold to Constellation Software under the Friedman Corp. “Especially in international markets, the company name of Albat+Wirsam was well-known and highly estimated but has also always been a lingual stumbling block likely to produce confusion because […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a letter yesterday requesting feedback from stakeholders about draft two of the Energy Star tubular daylighting devices (TDD) and revised skylight criteria. Draft two specifications “[do] not include any revisions to address the issue [of addressing concerns previously raised for drafts one and two] because EPA believed the […]

This week I am attending the annual meeting of the American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and one of the key themes was innovation. For the full presentations on this topic click here but here are some additional observations.When Robert Tucker encouraged companies to focus on innovative products and systems he reminded them to not stop […]