Latest News in Commercial Glass

  • Canada and United States consider Energy Star for commercial windows
    November 13, 2007
    The U.S. Department of Energy and Natural Resources Canada have tentative plans to expand the Energy Star Windows Rating to commercial systems ...

  • NGA weighs in on nonresidential rating program
    November 13, 2007
    For years, representatives from several industry associations have worked to guide the development of a nonresidential fenestration energy rating program by the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md. At NFRC’s fall meeting, Nov. 5-8 in Tempe, Ariz., the National Glass Association, McLean, Va., joined the associations involved in the CMA process, hoping to protect its contract glazing members and the commercial building industry as a whole from possible road blocks created in the program ...

  • Frame grouping rules, board policies questioned at NFRC meeting
    November 13, 2007


    NFRC Meeting Survival Guide: Don’t leave home without it.

    Manufacturers and several test laboratory representatives butted heads over the use of default values in the nonresidential rating program under development by the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md...

  • Greenbuild demonstrates explosive growth in energy-efficient and sustainable building
    November 13, 2007

    More show news

    More than 22,000 green building professionals from across the United States attended Greenbuild this past week in Chicago, an increase in attendance of 10,000 compared to last year in Denver, according to officials from the U.S. Green Building Council, the show’s sponsor...

  • Coalition takes whole building approach to codes
    November 6, 2007
    Q&A with Thom Zarema
    The newly formed Advanced Building Coalition had its inaugural meeting Oct. 24 in Chicago, bringing manufacturers and other industry players together to discuss building codes for energy savings that best serve all parties while providing the most beneficial whole-building savings ...

  • Pleas for simplicity top discussion at NFRC
    November 6, 2007
    Software tool completed for non-residential rating program
    The fall meeting for the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md., got underway Nov. 5 in Tempe, Ariz., with an appeal for more simplicity and cost-effectiveness in the nonresidential fenestration rating program, the Component Modeling Approach ...

  • Nonresidential growth offsets weak residential September
    November 6, 2007
    Nonresidential construction experienced continued robust growth in September, climbing 1.8 percent compared to August and 16.7 percent year-over-year, according to an Oct. 31 report from the Census Bureau.
    The strong nonresidential sector offset a continued decline in residential construction ...

  • Building code legislation protects against natural disasters
    October 30, 2007
    Glass companies to benefit from uniformity of code bill
    As wildfires raged throughout California last week, one of the state’s representatives presented legislation to Congress that would lead to tougher and more uniform building codes across the country if passed and adopted ...

  • Glass companies respond to California fires
    October 30, 2007
    Malibu Glass destroyed in blaze

    Many southern California glass companies are working overtime on emergency replacements as the region begins to recover from the 23 wildfires that engulfed 500,000 acres from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border. The blazes forced many shops to close for several days last week ...

  • Nonresidential construction forecasted to slip
    October 30, 2007
    Green building, institutional to grow
    The U.S. construction market is expected to drop 2 percent in 2008, following a projected 8 percent decrease in 2007, according to the 2008 Construction Outlook from McGraw-Hill Construction ...
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