As increasingly powerful hurricanes continue to make landfall in the U.S., resulting in extensive wind damage to critical facilities, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has developed FEMA P-2062: Guidelines for Wind Vulnerability Assessments of Existing Critical Facilities. The document provides design professionals with guidelines for assessing the vulnerability of critical facilities, including glass doors and […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced in a letter to Energy Star Storm Windows Stakeholders, that Intertek Testing Services NA is now a recognized certification body (CB). The EPA says, “Manufacturers may now work with Intertek Testing Services NA to enroll in the CB’s supervised or witnessed manufacturers’ testing laboratory program and to […]

On September 5th, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shared the final Energy Star Version 1.0 Exterior and Interior Storm Windows Specification. Throughout this process, the EPA has taken into account comments and feedback from various Energy Star stakeholders. The EPA summarized their responses to the stakeholders in a letter, and provided a schedule for […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held a webinar last week to discuss revisions to a proposed new Energy Star specification for exterior and interior storm windows. The EPA released the first draft of the specification in July 2017. It would apply to low-E storm windows, which first became commercially available in 2009. The EPA is […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the first draft of Version 1.0 for an Energy Star specification for exterior and interior storm windows. The specification would apply to low-E storm windows, which first became commercially available in 2009. The EPA is basing the specification’s criteria on emissivity, solar transmittance (Tsol) and air leakage. […]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be considering a new Energy Star specification for exterior and interior storm panels, also known as storm windows. Interested parties are encouraged to participate in the specification development process and provide feedback. The first step will be the release of a framework document by EPA. In the document, EPA will […]