Tag Archives: AAMA

Registration opens for AAMA conference

January 2, 2018

Early bird registration is open for the 81st annual American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) conference. The event will be held February 19th to 22nd at the Loews Portofino Bay Hotel in Orlando.

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Accessibility of operable windows and balcony doors

July 12, 2017

To help ensure accessibility of fresh air and a connection with the outdoors for those with physical disabilities, windows capable of meeting operating force and motion requirements of International Code Council/American National Standards Institute (ICC/ANSI) A117.1, Accessible and Usable Buildings and Facilities, are being more commonly specified.

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Referencing and specifying fenestration field-testing

June 2, 2017

Fenestration products come in a wide variety of forms, ranging from window units manufactured in a production facility to custom ‘stick-built’ curtain wall products that are assembled in the field.

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Ensuring shading devices are not just fair-weather friends

April 5, 2017

As roofers know, winter weather can impose some formidable loads on structural elements. To help ensure a shading device can withstand such stresses, a test method has been devised for both static and impact loading.

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Thermal efficiency in glazed curtain wall systems

September 1, 2016

With glazed façades dominating urban landscapes, the strides made to improve the energy efficiency of glass are well-documented and generally well-understood. However, the framing members of wall and window systems have also been re-engineered.

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