Wausau Window and Wall Systems adds six new educational programs to its American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) courses: Accessibility Codes for Window Hardware…
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The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) has created a new website dedicated to making it easier for building code officials to meet compliance on commercial fenestration…
The 2013 version of ASHRAE’s indoor air quality standard contains several revisions to help users better meet its requirements. Newly published, ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 62.1-2013, Ventilation for…
Today’s minimum requirements of current building codes only emphasize life safety. As long as occupants can be evacuated during a fire, hurricane or other major event,…
According to the Washington-based U.S. Energy Information Administration’s Electric Power Annual, U.S. residential and commercial buildings account for approximately 41 percent of all energy consumption and…
Retrofitting and renovating existing buildings may be a costly endeavor, but these investments can deliver owners thousands in savings. How? By updating buildings to meet the…