In this issue:
Registration Now Open for NFRC Fall Membership Virtual Meeting
Building a Sustainable Future: Macro to Micro
NFRC Launches Updated Retailer Program
Attention FenStar Participants
Board of Directors Expression of Interest
Sign Up for Approved Calculation Entity (ACE) Training
Upcoming Webinars and Events
EWC Has Valuable Information for You and Your Customers
Spandrel: The Battle for the Wall, Part Two
NZ20: The Net Zero 2020 Conference & Expo
Apply for Solar Decathlon’s 2021 Design Challenge
Join the NFRC Team
Shows & Meetings
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Building a Sustainable Future at NFRC 2020 Fall Membership
Virtual Meeting!
Registration is now open for the Fall Membership virtual meeting on Oct. 19-21, 2020. Members and nonmembers are invited to join us online. Highlights of the meeting include:
- Panel discussion with experts on status of fenestration and building industries post Covid-19
- How to Become a Brand Ambassador, presented by Michael Williams of Board Veritas
- Task group, subcommittee and committee meetings
- Online networking opportunities
- And much more!
Registration is $175 for members/$250 for nonmembers. For information on becoming a member, contact
membership@nfrc.org.
All meeting registrants are invited to attend NFRC’s Sustainability Series, which is offered complimentary as part of your meeting registration. The three sessions will be offered Sept. 15, 22, and 29.
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Building a Sustainable Future: Macro to Micro
Join NFRC for three virtual Sustainability Sessions as we take a macro look at future weather patterns and predictions and understand how the built environment is responding to climate change, and then down to the micro level with cutting-edge innovations in solar glass.
Register to attend one of all of these sessions:
Session 1
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Future Weather Files presented by Tom Di Liberto, Science writer for NOAA’s website Climate.gov
- Tuesday, September 15, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Session 2
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George Mason University: Path to Net-Zero 2050 or Sooner! presented by Greg Farley, Director of Sustainability at George Mason University
- Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Session 3
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Envisioning the Solar Glass Revolution presented by Lance Wheeler, Ph.D., researcher at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 2 p.m. EDT.
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NFRC Launches Updated Retailer Program
For more than 10 years, NFRC has provided retailers with resources to demonstrate the value of the NFRC energy performance label and help consumers understand the importance of the ratings of windows, doors, and skylights.
Today we launched our updated Retailer Program and are looking forward to providing the following resources to our members and the industry:
- Co-branded infographic (members only)
- Member window cling (members only)
- Access to an on-demand training
For more information or to request any of the resources available in the Retailer Program,
click here.
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Attention FenStar Participants
FenStar staff would like to thank program participants and testing laboratories for their overwhelming support and response during the 2020 verification testing cycle. The next milestone is to have all the thermal testing completed by Sept. 30, 2020, with results reported to staff for further review.
Program participants who have not responded to their 2020 FenStar Verification Test Selection(s) have missed the five-business day deadline. Manufacturers that have not responded to a second notice will be reported to EPA by July 31, 2020. Manufacturers that have not yet received a second notice should expect to receive a follow-up notification and, then should they fail to respond, will be reported to the EPA within two weeks of the failure to respond to the second notice.
We strongly encourage participants to act immediately. Your continued support and efforts to ensure completion of the 2020 verification testing cycle is appreciated. Please direct questions regarding the FenStar Certification Program or Verification Testing to
fcp@nfrc.org.
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Board of Directors Expression of Interest
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Are you interested in serving on NFRC's Board of Directors? For 2021, the following seats will be open:
- General Interest - a member from any of the general interest member categories listed here
- Government Agencies/Building Officials
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Sign Up for Approved Calculation Entity (ACE) Training
NFRC’s Approved Calculation Entity or ACE training teaches participants how to configure whole fenestration products and calculate U-factor, Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC), and Visible Transmittance ratings using the Component Modeling Approach Software Tool (CMAST) for products needing NFRC certification in the CMA Product Certification Program (CMA PCP). This training is scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020, from
1 p.m. – 3 p.m. EDT.
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Upcoming Webinars and Events
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Understanding the New NFRC Condensation Index Rating
Sign up today to learn more about NFRC’s new Condensation Index (CI) rating and how it can be used to find the best window, door, or skylight for your regional weather variations.
The CI rating will allow consumers, manufacturers, building owners, and architects to find the fenestration product that best reduces the potential for condensation based on its geographic location in the United States or Canada.
Thank you for a successful webinar series. So far in 2020, we have had more than 200 registrants for NFRC’s webinars. For a complete listing of the webinars and to listen again,
click here.
We look forward to more webinars after the Fall Membership Meeting!
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EWC Has Valuable Information for You and Your Customers
Do you know if there are rebates available in your region or city? The EWC has consolidated all of the information for you into one location.
Click here to search for incentives in your state.
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Sustainability / Green Building
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Spandrel: The Battle for the Wall, Part Two
Is spandrel the weakest link in the curtainwall system? Read this article that discusses the spandrel thermal performance in the transparent areas of a building’s curtainwall. “The writing is on the wall—pardon the pun...
Read more
www.usglassmag.com
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NZ20: The Net Zero 2020 Conference & Expo
Join leaders in green at NZ20, the world's largest net zero building conference and a hub for thought-leaders and industry-shapers in climate, carbon, energy, water, waste, and transit. Our best-in-class virtual platform goes above and beyond to inspire communication, providing attendees with opportunities to engage and ask questions during sessions, tours, and networking events as well as in the Expo Hall -- so we can inspire, educate, and evolve our built environment with the same energy we've always had.
This two-day event will feature exciting keynotes, cutting-edge educational panels, workshops from innovative leaders in sustainability like the International Living Future Institute and U.S. Green Building Council, premium networking opportunities, the annual Trailblazer Awards ceremony, and an interactive virtual expo hall featuring leading companies in our industry.
CEUs will be available for GBCI and LFA credential holders.
NFRC members can get 10% off using this code:
2TAKE10
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Apply for Solar Decathlon’s 2021 Design Challenge!
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Join the NFRC Team
Looking to join a great nonprofit organization that ensures the fair, accurate, and credible ratings of windows, doors, and skylights? NFRC is hiring! NFRC offers competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits package, retirement savings, financial rewards and opportunities for professional development. Check out current job openings
here.
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NFRC envisions a future where every window, door, and skylight purchase decision is made using the
NFRC label to evaluate energy performance.
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