Come See Us at the AIA 2011 Convention

May 12-14 • New Orleans, LA • Booth #3211

Highlights from the Kolbe booth:

• NEW Folding Door Systems - featuring 4 panel operation with access door configuration
• Majesta® double hung - designed for commercial and historic renovation, large-scaled window needs
• Windquest® single hung with impact option - helps prevent the effects caused by hurricane-forced winds
• Kolbe partners with Stewart Brannen Millwork to provide impact-rated custom entrance doors
• Custom double hung unit from Point Five Windows - view more products on their new website at www.pointfivewindows.com
• Many other unique product options, such as Lamboo® wood species and triple pane glass

Architectural AIA/CES Tours

Architectural Influences:
Exploring Elements of Sustainable Design

Kolbe's Training and Tour Department will once again be conducting "Architectural Influences: Exploring Elements of Sustainable Design." Join us as we discover the past and look towards the future of green building.

Architects attending this event will earn 8.5 AIA learning units, 2 HSW AIA credits, and 1 SD AIA credit. Contact your Kolbe distributor for more information or to make a reservation. Tours are limited to groups of ten or less.

Kolbe's 1-1/2 Day Architect Event in Wisconsin Includes:

• Tour of Taliesin® in Spring Green
• Tour of Aldo Leopold Legacy Center in Baraboo
• Tour of Cardinal Float Glass Plant in Portage
• Tour of Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork in Wausau
• AIA Presentation of Finishing Touches: Enhancements, Options & Trends for Windows and Doors, learn more about other Kolbe AIA/CES opportunties
• Review Kolbe series and options - includes an in-depth discussion of how Kolbe can meet the needs of any project
• Interactive Presentation of Kolbe's 3D Models - see how Kolbe's 3D window and door models for Revit® and Google™ SketchUp offer more flexibility

Kolbe Offers Lamboo®

Kolbe expands its selection of interior wood species to include a new, special option – Lamboo®, an engineered, laminated veneer bamboo (LVB) product. Bamboo is the most renewable material of its kind currently available for the building products industry.

According to Kolbe's supplier, Lamboo Inc. of Springfield, Ill.:

• This LVB product is 20% more stable than wood in moisture and temperature changes
• Has 10 times the tensile strength of wood
• Uses 15% less embodied energy than wood
• Sequesters 35% more carbon in the growing cycle than timber

Learn more about Lamboo wood species

View Visual Demonstration of Products

Kolbe offers videos that highlight product features with visual demonstrations, showing products being tested, and offer valuable tutorials for Kolbe's architectural tools.

Our complete video collection can be seen in the following locations:

• Kolbe & Kolbe Website Video page
• Kolbe's YouTube Channel

New Revit® 3D Model Available

Kolbe adds a new Revit 3-D model of its six-panel Ultra Series TerraSpan® Lift and Slide door to its growing collection of 1,000+ two- and three-dimensional window and door models.

Kolbe's easy-to-use models allow users to customize the width, height, panel width, wall offset and other features of Ultra TerraSpan doors' expansive entryways.

For Kolbe's 3D model support, email architects@kolbe-kolbe.com.

Kolbe & Kolbe Millwork Co., Inc. • 1323 S. 11th Ave. • Wausau, WI 54401
www.kolbe-kolbe.com • 715-842-5666 • Fax: 715-842-3642

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