Element utilizes qualified technicians, facilities, and equipment in order to meet today’s stringent testing, quality, and performance standards and specifications established by quality manufacturers and industry agencies such as AAMA, ANSI, ASTM, DASMA, Miami-Dade, NFRC, NVLAP, SGCC, and WDMA. Element in St. Paul is an accredited simulation testing laboratory with NFRC certified simulators on staff.
Testing for efficiency Energy costs are rising and architects, designers, builders, and consumers demand ever greater energy efficiency performance from their windows, doors, and skylights.
Element experts provide specialized services that manufacturers need to obtain accurate measurement and documentation of their product’s thermal performance.
Thermal Simulation Testing
Our fenestration experts hold the combined qualifications of:
- National Fenestration Ratings Council (NFRC) Certified Simulators
- Component Modeling Approach Administrator
Our staff offers energy-related rating and NFRC-certified test-ing to clients across the US.
Thermal Simulation Testing Standards
- NFRC 100-2010: Procedures for Determining Fenestration Product U-Factors
- NFRC 200-2010: Procedures for Determining Fenestration Product Solar Heat Gain Coefficients and Visible Transmittance at Normal Incidence
- NFRC 500-2010: Procedures for Determining Fenestration Product Condensation Resistance Values