ÿþ<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Language" content="en-ca"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <title>New Page 1</title> </head> <LINK href="../public.css" rel=stylesheet type=text/css> <body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" rightmargin="0" bottommargin="0"> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table2"> <tr> <td class="tk" align="center" id="top"><b><font color="#000000">Doors, Window, Glass and Curtain Wall Terminology...</font></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="tk" align="center"><a href="a.htm">A</a> <a href="b.htm">B</a> <a href="c.htm">C</a> <a href="d.htm">D</a> <a href="e.htm">E</a> <a href="f.htm">F</a> <a href="g.htm">G</a> <a href="h.htm">H</a> <a href="i.htm">I</a> <a href="j.htm">J</a> <a href="k.htm">K</a> <a href="l.htm">L</a> <a href="m.htm">M</a> <a href="n.htm">N</a> <a href="o.htm">O</a> <a href="p.htm">P</a> <a href="q.htm">Q</a> <a href="r.htm">R</a> <a href="s.htm">S</a> <a href="t.htm">T</a> <a href="u.htm">U</a> <a href="v.htm">V</a> <a href="w.htm">W</a> <a href="x.htm">X</a> <a href="y.htm">Y</a> <a href="z.htm">Z</a></td> </tr> </table> <table border="0" width="100%" id="table1"> <tr> <td class="tk" align="center" id="a"> <p align="left"><font color="#000000"><b>AAMA</b><br> American Architectural Manufacturers Association - a window industry organization that establishes voluntary standards, e.g., AAMA/NWWDA 101/I.S.2-97, certification to those standards, and designations, e.g., H-C45 for the TRACO TR-5000. In addition, AAMA developed five well-accepted performance classes - Residential (R), Light Commercial (LC), Commercial (C), Heavy Commercial (HC), and Architectural (AW)  which assist architects, specifiers, and building owners in defining the appropriate window performance required for each application. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>adjustment clip </b><br> hardware on hung window jambs to align jambs after window installation. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>air infiltration rate </b><br> the amount of air leaking in and out of a building through cracks in walls, windows, and doors (the lower, the better). Usually expressed as cfm per square foot of window area. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>anodize</b><br> the process that provides a hard, durable oxide film on the surface of aluminum, by electrolytic action. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>ANSI </b><br> American National Standards Institute - a clearing house for all types of standards and specifications. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>ASCE </b><br> American Society of Civil Engineers which set standards for materials, e.g., ASCE 7-93 (formerly ANSI A58.1) &quot;Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures.&quot; <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>ASTM </b><br> American Society for Testing and Materials - a society of engineers which set standards for testing of materials. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> <br> <b>astragal </b><br> an extrusion that joins two sash which are in the same window track. <br> <a href="#top"><u>back to top</u></a><br> &nbsp;</font></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>