The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) is made up of window, door, skylight, curtain wall and storefront manufacturers, suppliers and test labs. These large and small companies supply products for both residential and commercial buildings.
What can AAMA offer you?
The searchable Certified Products Directory locates manufacturers that are a part of AAMA's prestigious Certification Program.
The AAMA Certification Label provides confidence that the products you choose, when installed properly, match the quality of the sample product tested.
Free brochure downloads cover topics such as product care and maintenance, product certification, green building, commercial buildings and window safety.
We encourage you to take advantage of the resources available on our site and learn more about the products in your home.
AAMA 502-12, Voluntary Specification for Field Testing of Newly Installed Fenestration Products has been published by the AAMA. This updated specification establishes the requirements for field test specimens, apparatus, sampling, test procedures and test reports to be used in verifying the air infiltration resistance performance and water penetration resistance performance of newly installed fenestration products.
AAMA CW-10-12, Care and Handling of Architectural Aluminum from Shop to Site has been published by AAMA. The document was updated from the 2004 version and covers care and handling of architectural aluminum products from mill to fabricator to job site through project completion.
The California Energy Commission is in the final stages of adopting changes to the 2008 Building Energy Efficiency Standards contained in the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 24, Part 6 (also known as the California Energy Code). The revised standards were approved May 9, 2012 and are scheduled to take effect in January 2014.
"Building Information Modeling will change everything," said Dennis Neeley (SmartBIM), noting that "the change is becoming very evident [and] is happening at unprecedented speed." During his presentation at the AAMA Western Region 2012 Spring Meeting (April 10-11), Neeley shared his analysis of the rapidly evolving acceptance and use of BIM.
During the AAMA Western Region 2012 Spring Meeting, Dr. Esmael Adibi, Director of the A. Gary Anderson Center for Economic Research and Anderson Chair of Economic Analysis at Chapman University, provided an update on the U.S. economic outlook.
American Architectural