NFRC
Considering IG Certification
Will
Hold Open Forum on Proposal at Washington , D.C. Meeting in November
Silver Spring, Md. – September
20, 2006 – The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) announced
today that it will hold an open forum at its next membership meeting
to consider requiring that participants in the NFRC Product Certification
Program be required to also participate in a program for certifying
the seal durability in insulating glass units (IGU).
The next membership
meeting will take place November 6-9, 2006, at the Doubletree
Hotel Crystal City in Washington, D.C. The open forum is currently
scheduled for Wednesday, November 8.
“Many of our members and
stakeholders have expressed concern about long-term performance
issues, and we want to discuss IGU seal durability certification
as a possible solution,” said Jim Benney, NFRC's executive director.
“We want to stress that this is a proposal only, and we look forward
to receiving feedback from interested parties at our next meeting.”
For more information on the NFRC meeting,
please contact Cheryl Gendron at the NFRC office
(cgendron@nfrc.org
; 301-589-1776).
About NFRC
NFRC is a non-profit organization
that administers a voluntary, uniform rating, labeling and certification
system for the energy performance of windows, doors, curtain walls,
skylights and other fenestration products. Its members include
manufacturers, suppliers, utilities, consumer groups, representatives
from the building and code industries, scientific and educational
organizations and government agencies.
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