DOE Reviews ASHRAE 90.1 to Evaluate Energy Performance

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Preliminary Energy Savings Analysis of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, and is currently accepting written comments from interested parties on any subject within the scope of the analysis. According to the Energy Conservation and Production Act, as amended (ECPA), the DOE is required to review consensus-based building energy conservation standards, such as ASHRAE 90.1. Specifically, the ECPA provides that whenever the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-1989, or any successor to [more]

YKK AP Celebrates 30 Years and Opens a New Office in Atlanta

Celebrations seem a little more exciting this year than in the past. So many businesses have suffered the realities of country-wide lockdowns and curfews that when milestones come around, it’s hard not to feel an extra tinge of joy. YKK AP is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and has decided to commemorate each year of its story. “We have been going back to our history, and we're highlighting with our employees and our customers different milestones [more]

Health and Safety Experts Discuss Workplace Initiatives with OSHA and Ironworkers

Despite having navigated life in the time of a pandemic for a year, there is still uncharted territory in everyone's day-to-day life. Schools worldwide are dealing with the effects and possibilities of students returning to campus or continuing with hybrid learning. Social outings and livelihoods have taken a hit, as have businesses and employee/employer relations. Officials from the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a collaborative [more]

Energy, Aesthetics and Occupant Comfort Drive Existing Facades toward New Directions

If you’re not sure where to find your next commercial glazing project, go downtown to any big city and look around. The answer may be right in front of you, because as some industry experts point out, there will always be more existing buildings than new construction. So the potential for existing building construction is always higher than new. Faced with an aging building stock and accelerating demand for energy efficiency, a number of cities and [more]

High School Students Enter the Wolf Den and a MY Shower Door Exec is Part of the Pack

South Fort Myers High School, in Lee County, Fla., is putting its own spin on ABC's hit show Shark Tank. The school's production of "Wolf Den" is based on its mascot, the wolfpack.Bill Daubmann, president of My Shower Door and D3 Glass, is one of six business owners who will hear pitches from the students about their own business ventures and possibly invest to make their ideas a reality. In addition to Daubmann, the judges include a [more]

SAF Reflects and Commemorates its 75-Year Journey

The years following World War II were some of hope and recovery for many. Families reunited and those who had set off to fight halfway across the world returned to the States, doing whatever possible to pick up their lives from where they left off. Marvin McClatchey returned from serving and aimed to begin his new chapter as a business owner. As a former employee of aluminum producing company Alcoa, he set his sights on what [more]

Union Organization Backs Executive Order In Support of Labor Union and Workers

President Biden signed an executive order on Monday, April 26, establishing a new White House task force to empower and promote labor workers and unions across the country. At least one glazing industry union organization has spoken out in support of this effort. The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment will be chaired by Vice President Kamala Harris, vice-chaired by Secretary Marty Walsh, and will include more than 20 cabinet members and heads [more]

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