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September 13, 2022

Best Green Project Award Winner Glass Magazine

Alpen Receives the Best Green Project Award from Glass Magazine

915 Broadway Street Project Meet the Team Window Manufacturer: Alpen High-Performance Products Project Leader: Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance Informational Resource: Better Bricks Project Sponsors: Clark Public, Bonneville Power Administration Engineering Consultant: Energy 350 Property Management Group: Hurley Development   The owners of this year’s Glass Magazine’s “Best Green Project” Award, the 915 Broadway Street Team,

August 10, 2019

Triple-Glazed for the Home

Why triple pane windows are the best choice for your home   Windows account for around 12% of a building’s energy use, yet, less than 2% of window sales are energy-efficient triple pane!   One of the reasons for pushback on triple pane/dual chamber windows has been the weight issue: Three pieces of glass weigh

April 16, 2016

Do I Need New Windows?

How do you know if you need new windows? You might put up with a breeze or use a space heater in the cold spot next to a window, but do you need to? Here are some telltale factors that you may be putting up with every day—and not even consider an issue.   Condensation

January 21, 2014

See live construction camera of Alpen windows and glass installed at CSU’s Leed-Platinum Powerhouse Building

Alpen windows and glass were installed last fall at the Colorado State University Powerhouse Energy Campus – a 65,000 square foot LEED Platinum addition will achieve 48% in energy use through a portfolio of efficiency upgrades. Substantial building envelope improvements included use of Alpen glass and Alpen 525 Series Fiberglass windows in the first-ever all-fiberglass

October 30, 2013

Award Winning Project from Architect – The Magazine of the American Institute of Architects

Focusing on affordable and sustainable energy efficiency in home construction, the EcoMod Passive House project utilized modular construction techniques to achieve a super-tight envelope with Alpen’s 725 Series high performance fiberglass windows for insulation and passive solar gain. In July, 2013, AIA’s Architect Magazine awarded the EcoMod Passive House project the prestigious 2013 R&D Award.

August 22, 2013

Midtown Residential’s Brookfield Passive House

Midtown Residential’s Brookfield Passive House was unveiled today in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Builders and designers applauded Alpen windows’ high performance contribution as central to achieving their Passive House certification. This home the first in Colorado to receive Certification by Passive House US and the first certified Passive House in the nation built by a production

July 23, 2013

Passive house aggressively tackles energy efficiency using Alpen’s 725 series fiberglass windows

Here’s an article featuring Missouri’s first Passive House which used Alpen’s 725 series fiberglass windows. Click here to read more

June 17, 2013

Alpen Windows Featured in Portland’s HBA Newspaper

Portland, Oregon’s “HBA Home Building News” journal featured a pair of articles highlighting Alpen high performance windows for the Passive Building sector. One article highlights a modular multifamily home construction project underway this summer that uses Alpen windows to achieve its super-efficient envelope and the second features Alpen’s recent PHIUS Certification. Both articles can be

April 15, 2013

Alpen High Performance Windows First to Receive PHIUS Certification

April 12, 2013—Boulder based Alpen High Performance Products (Alpen HPP) is pleased to announce that they are the first manufacturer to have completed certification of their high performance fiberglass windows under the Passive House Institute-US (PHIUS) Certified Product Performance Data Program. PHIUS developed the certification program to assist domestic (North American) and international window manufacturers

March 15, 2013

Passive House Northwest Conference – March 15

Come visit Alpen HPP and our partner Medallion Industries in the Expo Hall at the Passive House Northwest annual conference in Seattle. We look forward to meeting more members of the Passive House community and demonstrating how Alpen windows compliment Passive House designs. http://www.phnw.org/100/22/phnw-2013-annual-conference.html Seattle Pacific University, Seattle WA March 15, 2013 See examples of