Association News: AAMA Responds to EPA Call for Comment on LRRP Regulations

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) responded to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) call for comments on existing regulations with information regarding EPA’s 2010 implementation of the Lead: Renovation, Repair and Painting (LRRP) regulations.

Client News: LEED-certified, Passavant hospital expansion’s curtainwall matches style, performance, reliability of existing facility’s glazing system

A decade after D-M Products, Inc. installed Wausau Window and Wall Systems’ curtainwall on University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s (UPMC) Passavant Hospital in McCandless, Pa., they returned to provide the same, dependable performance and familiar aesthetic for the hospital’s new seven-story, tower.

Association News: Mathews Brothers Hosts Senator Olympia Snowe, AAMA Discusses Energy-Efficient Windows

Rich Walker, AAMA president and CEO, and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-ME) visited Mathews Brothers Company in Belfast, Maine.

Association News: Fact sheet introduces basics of top-lighting and side-lighting

“Daylighting Basics: Daylighting and Energy Savings,” developed by AAMA’s Skylight Marketing Committee, available for download.

Client News: Kolbe’s Mike Salsieder Elected as WDMA’s Vice Chair

Mike Salsieder, president and general counsel of Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Company, Inc., was elected as vice chair of the Window & Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) Window Division. Traditionally

Client News: Wausau’s INvent Series expands to serve historical window renovations offers the look of double-hung windows with the convenience of projected units

Wausau’s new 4250i and 4250i-XLT INvent Series features offset glass planes to replicate double-hung sash, while providing the ease of operation, durability and low air infiltration of projected windows.

Client News: Tubelite names Wholesale Glass Distributor to serve clients in Tennessee

Tubelite Inc. announced Wholesale Glass Distributors will carry the company’s architectural aluminum products to serve clients in Tennessee and parts of Arkansas, Missouri and Mississippi.

Client News: Kolbe shares new Revit model for six-panel stacking door

Kolbe has added a new Revit® 3-D model of its six-panel Ultra Series TerraSpan® Lift and Slide door to its growing collection of 1,000+ two- and three-dimensional window and door models. These new Revit models can link with external data sources to instantly compile quantity takeoffs for residential and commercial building projects.

Client News: Grand Rapids Christian Elementary new school enhances community connections with Wausau windows

Contributing to these aspects and to the USGBC’s LEED® certification criteria, Wausau’s triple-glazed, insulated windows provide transparency, daylighting, views, as well as thermal performance for cold climates and durability for year-round use.

Association News: AAMA announces Steve Fronek as Board Chair

Fronek has served as AAMA’s vice chairman and as a member representative for Wausau, part of Apogee Enterprises, Inc. A publicly-held, U.S. corporation, Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq: APOG) also includes glazing contractor Harmon, Inc.; finishing services provider Linetec; architectural products manufacturer Tubelite, Inc.; and glass fabricator Viracon, Inc.