Source:DOOR & WINDOW MARKET MAGAZINE

The North Carolina Building Code Council will go before an administrative judge this week with an emergency rule the Council adopted regarding requirements for low-E windows.

Source: USGlass News Network    by Carl Levesque

With glass performance for energy efficiency being comparable in the U.S. and Europe, window frames on this side of the Atlantic have been eyed as underperforming on the U-value front as compared to those in Europe. But the reason for—and even the very premise of underperformance—is complicated, say experts.

Source: glass magazine

The U.S. Department of Energy’s Building Technologies Office is seeking the next game-changing, energy-saving window technology, says Karma Sawyer, technology manager and physical scientist for the BTO’s Emerging Technologies Program fenestration and building envelope technology portfolios. Essentially, this means the BTO is looking for the next low-E.

Source: Window & Door

As manufacturers prepare for Energy Star Version 6 implementation, Quanex Building Products has released an updated version of its Quanex Optimizer that includes new user-friendly search filters for estimating U-factors in more than 625,000 window and door configurations, the supplier reports.

Source: USGNN     by John Hollis

Members of the International Code Council (ICC) supported a committee decision to nix a plan that would have lowered air infiltration rates for swinging doors.

Source: Energy Manager Today

The energy-savings potential of a building is not equal across all buildings in a large portfolio, but buildings with the highest potential have an average energy-saving opportunity of 41 percent, according to a report from energy auditing software maker Retroficiency.

Source: THE GLAZINE

The UK has completed its first Green Deal package, marking a milestone for the government's flagship energy efficiency policy.

Source: ENERGY MANAGER TODAY    by Linda Hardesty

Heliotrope Technologies, in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), has developed a window glass technology that leverages an electrochromic effect to control light and heat transmission independently and dynamically.

Source: NatureWorldNews

A new material consisting of a thin coating of nanocrystals embedded in glass could revolutionize the world of windows and energy efficiency, according to those behind it.

Source: Energy Manager Today

Heat reflecting off energy efficient windows can cause damage to neighboring objects, according to a video by the Vinyl Siding Institute.