Get Your Product Certified
Introduction
The
National Fenestration Rating Council, Incorporated ("NFRC")
has developed and operates a uniform national rating system for
the energy performance of fenestration products, including windows,
doors, skylights, and similar products. The linchpin of the Rating
System is a procedure for determining the thermal transmittance
("U-factor") of a product. The U-factor rating procedure
is supplemented by procedures for rating products for solar heat
gain coefficient ("solar heat gain" or "SHGC"), visible
transmittance ("VT"), air leakage ("AL"),
and condensation resistance ("CR"). Together, these
rating procedures, as set forth in documents published by NFRC,
are known as the NFRC Rating System.
The
Rating System employs computer simulation and physical testing
by NFRC-accredited laboratories to establish performance ratings
for fenestration products and product lines. The Rating System
is reinforced by two certification programs, one for residential
and one for nonresidential products, under which fenestration
manufacturer's/responsible parties may certify and label fenestration
products to indicate those performance ratings.
The
requirements for the rating, certification, and labeling program
of residential products are set forth in the NFRC's Product Certification
Program (NFRC 700, PCP), Link
to NFRC 700. Requirements for the rating and certification
of project-specific nonresidential products are set forth in NFRC
Component Modeling Approach Product
Certification Program (NFRC 705, CMA-PCP), Link
to NFRC 705.
To
become a participant in the NFRC PCP, please contact the NFRC
office at 301-589-1776 or by e-mail at pcp@nfrc.org
to request an NFRC Certification Program packet. To
download the packet now, click here;
please note: be sure to request an
NFRC License Agreement from the NFRC directly, as this information
is not included in the packet download and is required to be completed
before certification authorization of any product can be obtained.
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the NFRC PCP Packet NOW
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