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The top stories include the latest news from June’s AAMA conference, including the association’s development of a green fenestration program, and comments from the Department of Energy’s Marc LaFrance regarding various DOE initiatives. In other news, we take a look at the upcoming Win-door trade show as well as some good news stories from manufacturers. [...]
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Door and Window Musings
By Tara Taffera
Get to Know your Congressional Rep If you’ve been reading DWM’s news coverage recently, then you know that some window plants and suppliers have been busy hosting congressional representatives at their facilities or meeting with them in Washington, D.C.
As the editor of DWM since its inception almost ten years ago, I don’t remember ever covering a congressional visit. But just in [...]
Plavecsky's Ponderings
By Jim Plavecsky
Making “Cents” of New Energy Efficiency Legislation In a close 219-212 vote, the House approved the American Clean Energy and Security Act, just before taking a break for the July 4th recess. Maybe the break will be a good time for our nation’s lawmakers to go off and reflect upon what really makes sense in terms of moving our country forward in [...]
Collins, the Trend Tracker
By Mike Collins
M&A in an Environment of Recovery Regardless of whether you think the recovery will be long and shallow or more rapid, as recoveries have been in the past, signs point increasingly to the beginning of a recovery. Interestingly, the motivations behind the search to acquire other companies remain largely the same as they were during the go-go period the market enjoyed [...]

