Innovation

We imagine what's possible

Innovation is a mentality that’s woven into everything we do. From revolutionizing the window and door shopping experience to optimizing our end-to-end manufacturing operations to designing new products for the way people live, we're always thinking about how we can create better experiences for everyone.

Innovating throughout Andersen

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Recent product launches

Product certifications

From raw material extraction to end-of-life, we evaluate the environmental inputs and outputs of our products over the course of their entire lifecycle to identify ways to improve their environmental impact at every stage.

Learn more about our sustainable operations

ENERGY STAR®
Green Building
Environmental Product Declaration
Forest Stewardship Council
Passive House Institute
Mindful Materials
Indoor Advantage™️ Gold
Recycled Content
National Fenestration Rating
Health Product Declaration

2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year - Sustained Excellence

Andersen Corporation, including its subsidiaries, has been named a 2023 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award winner.

The Sustained Excellence Award is the highest honor given by ENERGY STAR for continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency achievements.

U.S. Green Building Council

As a charter member of the U.S. Green Building Council, we are active supporters of certified green buildings. Our products can help customers achieve certifications such as Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), the National Green Building Standard, Green Globes, GreenStar and more.

Learn how Andersen products may contribute LEED.

Environmental Product Declaration

An Environmental Product Declaration® (EPD) is an independently verified and registered document that communicates transparent and comparable information about the lifecycle environmental impact of products.

The environmental impacts are evaluated through a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is a technique to assess environmental impacts associated with all the stages of a product's life. Impact categories include greenhouse gas emissions, water usage, ozone depletion potential, waste generated, and many others.

Forest Stewardship

Andersen maintains a Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Chain-of-Custody (FSC-CO16636) certification. Ask about our FSC® certified products.

The Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) is a global, not-for-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of responsible forest management worldwide. FSC defines standards based on agreed principles for responsible forest stewardship that are supported by environmental, social, and economic stakeholders. To learn more, visit www.fsc.org.

Passive House Institute

The PHIUS+ Certification Program is the leading passive building certification program in North America, verifying window data for professionals focused on high-performance building. Andersen A-Series tripe pane casement and picture windows have been verified by PHIUS, for details and downloadable documents, click here.

Available on the A-Series casement, picture windows, Awning, and A-Series.

Mindful Materials

Andersen is proud to be a sponsor of mindful MATERIALS, a free platform with aggregated information on human health and environmental impacts for products from leading manufacturers. The product listings are vetted by experts passionate about making it easier to make informed product choices.

Indoor Advantage™️ Gold

Andersen certifies the vast majority of all products to the Indoor Advantage™️ Gold certification by SCS Global Services.

This means that our products meet the rigorous high standard for healthier indoor air quality set by the California 01350 specification.

Recycled Content

Andersen maintains a SCS Global Service's Recycled Content certification for our products with the highest recycled content: 100 Series window and gliding doors, Renewal by Andersen windows and A-Series windows.

Fenestration Rating

Andersen products are certified under the National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) voluntary third-party certification program designed to ensure accurate energy performance ratings and labeling.

Health Product Declaration

Health Product Declaration (HPD) Collaborative is a not-for-profit member association with over 300 organizational members, representing the full spectrum of the building industry: architects, designers, building owners, manufacturers, consultants tool developers, standards programs, and others who all share a common purpose to improve the transparency of information and the material health of the build environment.

Read more about HPDC here.

Industry leadership

Some of the best innovations come from building on big ideas and working together. We work with industry-leading organizations to push the industry forward so we can create better homes for everyone everywhere.

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National Assocation of Home Builders

As a long standing member of NAHB we’re proud to support initiatives like the 20 Club, NAHB Blog, and The House That She Built.

American Institute of Architects

We partner with the AIA to provide valuable continuing education content for Architects, we participate in National AIA & CRAN, and are active on the AIA Manufacturer’s council.

National Association of the Remodeling Industry

As a NARI Industry Partner, we support initiatives at a local and national level by providing educational content and resources ranging from installation best practices to solutions for growing your business

Window & Door Manufacturers Association

Andersen has been a long-standing member of the Window & Door Manufacturers Association which promotes, protects and advances the use of high performance, high quality windows, doors and skylights through advocacy, education, standards and certification. Andersen works with WDMA on code and regulatory advocacy, standards development and product certification.

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance

The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (formerly AAMA and IGMA) is dedicated to improving home and building performance through better glass, window, door and skylight technology and standards. Andersen has been a member since 2015 on works on FGIA on advocacy and standards development.

American Society of Testing and Materials

American Society of Testing and Materials. Andersen has been on a long-standing member and has participated and chaired many different standards development activities including fenestration product performance and window fall prevention.

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