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ENERGY STAR Residential Windows, Doors, and Skylights Criteria Change 2007–2008

Comment Period Extension

Stakeholder Comments

AGC Flatglass North America, Inc. (11/14/08) (3.5MB)
Alliance to Save Energy – Phase 2 (11/14/08) (145KB)
Alliance to Save Energy – Solar Heat Gain (11/14/08) (150KB)
Aluminum Extruders Council (8/15/08) (226KB)
Aluminum Extruders Council (11/14/08) (161KB)
American Architectural Manufacturers Association (11/14/08) (244KB)
American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) and AAMA Skylight Council (11/14/08) (637KB)
American Architectural Manufacturers Association and Window & Door Manufacturers Association (11/14/08) (231KB)
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (11/14/08) (309KB)
Andersen Corporation (11/14/08) (124KB)
Association of Millwork Distributors (11/11/08) (3.41MB)
Bonneville Power Administration (11/14/08) (2.01MB)
Cardinal Glass Industries, Inc. (11/14/08) (127KB)
Champion Window (11/13/08) (37KB)
Consortium for Energy Efficiency (11/14/08) (78KB)
ENERCOMP, Inc. (11/14/08) (108KB)
Fenestration Manufacturers Association (11/14/08) (20KB)
Frontier Associates (11/14/08) (128KB)
Glazing Industry Code Committee (11/14/08) (99KB)
Gorell Windows & Doors (10/14/08) (141KB)
Hartwell Exteriors (8/20/08) (36KB)
International Window Film Association (11/11/08) (1.17MB)
JELD-WEN (11/14/08) (72KB)
Marvin Windows and Doors (11/14/08) (94KB)
Masonite (9/11/08) (41KB)
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (11/14/08) (83KB)
Milgard Windows & Doors (11/14/08) (189KB)
Nanofilm Ltd. (11/11/08) (48KB)
National Accreditation and Management Institute (9/8/08) (75KB)
New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (11/14/08) (62KB)
Northeast Window & Door Association (11/14/08) (245KB)
ODL (10/7/08) (288KB)
ODL (10/24/08) (193KB)
Pella (11/14/08) (1.99MB)
Pilkington North America, Inc. (11/14/08) (3.33MB)
ProVia Door (10/7/08) (86KB)
Quality Testing Inc. (8/26/08) (48KB)
Royal Window and Door Profiles (10/6/08) (132KB)
Serious Materials (11/11/08) (61KB)
Sierra Pacific Windows (8/20/08) (18KB)
Simonton Windows (11/14/08) (98KB)
Solar Industries, Inc. (11/13/08) (42KB)
Taylor Building Products (11/3/08) (28KB)
TRACO (11/14/08) (65KB)
VELUX America, Inc. (11/5/08) (192KB)
WASCO Windows (10/9/08) (24KB)
Window & Door Manufacturers Association (11/14/08) (1.1MB)

Materials from Stakeholder Meeting—August 13, 2008

Draft Criteria and Analysis

Errata Sheet (9/25/08) (345KB)
Cover Letter from Richard Karney, ENERGY STAR Program Manager (8/6/08) (85KB)
Windows, Doors, and Skylights: Draft Criteria and Analysis – CORRECTED (8/11/08) (2.68MB)
ENERGY STAR for Windows, Doors, and Skylights Proposed Climate Zones by County or Zip Code
(7/15/08)
Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory Files
- RESFEN6 Modeling Assumptions for the 2008 ENERGY STAR Window Analysis
- DOE-2 results of Typical New and Existing One and Two Story Homes
- A National Energy Savings Model of US Window Sales
- Output Data from the LBNL National Energy Savings Model of US Window Sales

2007–2008 Announcements

ENERGY STAR Residential Windows, Doors and Skylights Criteria Change 2005

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is pleased to announce an amended ENERGY STAR criteria for Windows, Doors, and Skylights (dated 06/06/05), which will go into effect on September 19, 2005.

Below is the amended criteria along with a letter from DOE that outlines the process and reasoning behind amending the existing criteria.

Historical Information for Amendment:

Analysis Results for Performance-based Ratings for the ENERGY STAR Windows Program (10/01/04) (421KB), prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
Analysis Results for Performance-based Ratings for the ENERGY STAR Windows Program (01/23/04) (214KB), draft submitted for comment by LBNL
Windows Performance-based Rating System Meeting (Washington, D.C., 09/30/03) Meeting Summary (25KB)
LBNL Performance-based Rating White Paper (08/01/03) (187KB)

DOE documented and considered comments from ENERGY STAR for Windows, Doors, and Skylights partners and stakeholders throughout the amendment process. Partner and stakeholder comments may be viewed below.

Comments Made in Response to LBNL’s Final Analysis Results (Due 11/15/04):

Comments Made in Response to LBNL’s Initial Analysis Results (Due 03/19/04):

EERE Envelope & Windows R&D Forum (121KB)
Aluminum Extruders Council (133KB)
Brickfield, Burchette, Ritts & Stone, PC (67KB)
Kinco, Ltd. (262KB)
Simonton Windows (73KB)

ENERGY STAR Residential Windows, Doors and Skylights Criteria Change 2003

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a final ENERGY STAR for Windows, Doors, and Skylights specification on May 28, 2003. The specification went into effect September 29, 2003 and set four climate zones for windows, doors, and skylights. Subsequently, the specification was amended on May 17, 2005 to allow for equivalent performance-based criteria in the South/Central and Southern Zones. The amended criteria went into effect on September 15, 2005.

Historical Information on specification revision process:

Comments from ENERGY STAR for Windows, Doors, and Skylights partners and stakeholders were documented and taken under consideration throughout the revision process. Partner and stakeholder comments may be viewed below.