Glass technology in windows is complex, difficult to understand and worth a review. Windows perform many different tasks. To fully understand their performance we need to address both the heating and cooling seasons in addition to the entire system that is a building.
Low-E glass: A common term referring to glass that has low emissivity [...]
Environmental Initiative’s (EI) 2012 Legislative Preview was held this week at the Minnesota Science Museum in St. Paul, MN. The annual sneak peek into current hot topics at the Capitol covered the environment, energy and transportation as ten Minnesota Senators and State Representative committee chairs shared their insight during panel discussions.
Topics ranged from aquatic invasive [...]
Andersen’s award winning combined warm-water recovery and bio-mass steam plant was featured in the December issue of Green Manufacturer. Read about the journey that converted our coal generated steam power source to biomass here!
The window industry, with help from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), is currently in the process of defining product category rules (PCRs). These rules ensure an even playing field and help define the scope of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Product category rules are developed collaboratively and openly with all stakeholders at the table.
Our [...]
Environmental Initiative’s Business & Environment Series wrapped up this year with their third and final program – Practicing Product Stewardship: Drivers, Challenges and Strategies.
Best Buy hosted the event at their headquarters in Bloomington, MN. A panel of experts addressed drivers ranging from customer demand to regulatory mandates, and discussed challenges facing manufacturers. Additionally, strategies were [...]
Employees at Renewal by Andersen’s headquarters in Cottage Grove, MN, take protecting the environment seriously! So much so, they’ve formed a volunteer group they call ECO3 Warriors. Their mission: reduce waste, conserve energy and improve the environment.
The five core ECO3 Warriors meet twice a month for an hour. They work on and around the production [...]
Andersen Corporation is pleased to be among 110 Minnesota businesses awarded Xcel Energy Efficiency Partner. Together the winners saved enough energy to power more than 5,500 homes and 29,000 tons of carbon dioxide was prevented from entering the air – equating to 5,700 cars off the road for a year!
This is the third year in [...]
Last week a small crew from our Minnesota based corporate headquarters traveled to the southeastern U.S. to join volunteers from our storm door plant in Luray, VA in building a duplex. Andersen is a long-standing supporter of Habitat for Humanity (HfH), donating materials, skills and time as part of the company’s support of affordable housing. [...]
It’s ENERGY STAR® Week here at Andersen Corporation. Most of us are familiar with the blue logo found on appliances, indicating greater energy efficiency, but what does it mean for windows? This week’s celebration was designed to bring awareness and clarity of the program to employees and dealers.
Our own Corporate Training group developed an educational [...]
We have a long-standing tradition at Andersen Corporation of supporting the communities in which we live and work. Fall kicks off our annual United Way campaign.
Current economic times are challenging for many; so this year it’s about “what we can do”. Employees across the enterprise pledged $236,000 in just the first week of the campaign! [...]
