Canada’s WinDoor show, scheduled for December 3-5 in Quebec City, is a full six months away. However, planning has been underway since last year’s show wrapped up in Toronto, and the big event was a major focus of Fenestration Canada’s annual general meeting, which just wrapped up in Calgary. According to WinDoor organizers, booth sales […]

Edgetech Europe, a division of Quanex IG Systems, has received Passive House certifications for its line of Super Spacer warm edge spacer systems. Passive House is an initiative organized by the Passive House Institute, an organization headquartered in Germany that’s committed to the research and development of construction concepts, building components, planning tools and quality […]

There’s a new business on the U.S. fenestration scene — Glo European Windows and Doors. The company is a division of  Energetechs, a high-performance building firm in Missoula, Mont.  Glo Windows was founded in January 2015. Glo’s products include European-manufactured tilt and turn windows, lift and slide doors, and Passive House windows and doors. According to the company, […]

Seven years ago homeowner John Kosmer supervised the construction of his passive solar house in upstate New York. Since that time he’s averaged just $2.50 a day to heat his 4,000-square foot home. “Despite rising fuel costs and dropping outside temperatures, this house continues to perform remarkably,” says Kosmer. “This past winter has been especially […]

VEKA Inc. has announced it has tested and qualified its first vinyl window system with PHIUS (Passive House Institute US). The Evolutions® double hung/slider system is the first vinyl system to meet specifications under PHIUS in the U.S. from a vinyl extruder, according to a company statement. The Evolutions window qualified with a whole-window U-value […]

The August DWM newscast focuses on how one D.C. school is saving money through the installation of passive windows. Learn how one company is educating the industry on passive window design and more on this expanding product category. Click HERE to watch the video on Youtube.

The first of group of Passive House certified homes, the Stables, will be ready for occupancy in spring of 2013 in Philadelphia. The row of passive house single-family townhomes is being developed by Onion Flats group who says the purpose of this project was to provide people with high-quality sustainable design and homes consuming up […]