Fenestration Canada seeking proposals to help develop life cycle datasets
Fenestration Canada, in collaboration with the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), is seeking proposals from qualified consultants to support an important industry project: the development of life cycle inventory (LCI) datasets for fenestration components (frame materials, glass, and assembly). » Read More…
Survey claims strong mayor powers not working to boost housing
CTV News reports on a survey of Ontario municipal administrators who don’t like Ford’s strong mayor laws and claim they are not working to streamline housing projects. » Read More…
Jeld-Wen reports losses in second quarter
Jeld-Wen has announced results for the three and six months ended June 28. Comparability is to the same period in the prior year. Second Quarter Highlights Net revenues of $823.7 million decreased (16.5%) in the second quarter driven by a decrease in core revenues of (13%) combined with a decrease in net revenues from the court-ordered divestiture of Towanda of (5%). » Read More…
The Business of It All: Accessing the Fenestration Canada Scholarships
Fenestration Canada has dropped a new episode of The Business of it All podcast. In this episode, CamDrew talks with Fenestration Canada Scholarship Committee Chair Eddie Choe on how Fenestration Canada members, their families, and their co-workers can access the Fenestration Canada Scholarships. » Read more…
Test your skills with FGIA at GlassBuild
New for 2025, GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo is hosting an industry Skills Challenge. This event is open to tradeshow attendees who seek to test their skills, learn tips from industry experts, network with peers and win prizes. FGIA will host two challenges during this event, which will take place during the first two days of the show. » Watch now…
TD thinks you should use insurance
Canadian small business owners say they’re prepared for the unexpected — but their actions tell a different story. A new TD Insurance survey reveals that while the large majority (94 percent) of owners have business insurance, just 52 percent would actually use it in an emergency. » Read More…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #73: Two Numbers – Chris Magwood, RMI
Chris Magwood of the Rocky Mountain Institute joins the podcast to discuss the One Number approach to sustainable building regulation…and he has some objections. While a performance-based approach aimed at regulating the whole-life carbon impact of a construction project should be our ultimate goal, Magwood feels the upfront impact of embodied carbon needs to be evaluated separately, but adjacent to, the long-term impact of operational carbon. Listen now to find out why. » Listen now…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #72: One Number – Jonathon “JoMo” Layton, Layton Consulting
How would it be if all the databases and charts and spreadsheets and regulations and tiers defining whether our products comply with sustainable building laws just…went away? Replaced by one number: – the only number that matters – the amount of carbon dioxide emitted over a building’s lifetime as a result of its manufacture, construction, use and disposal. Partner at Layton Consulting, Jonathon “JoMo” Layton joins the podcast to chew over this radical idea and lend his expertise to the question of whether it could work and how it would affect us all.» Listen now…
Fenestration Conversations Episode #71: The next hot topic – Robin Urquhart, RDH Building Science
High-profile wildfires doing substantial property damage to urban areas in B.C. and Alberta have spurred NRCan to look at creating Canadian building standards for wildfire resistance. The consultation process has just begun, but it seems likely that some day soon we may see new codes requiring resistant windows, doors and other components in wildfire-prone areas. Robin Urquhart has worked on rebuilding communities destroyed by wildfires and joins the Conversation to share what he’s learned. » Listen now…