The AAMA Gold Label Certification Program is a third-party testing and quality assurance program for windows, doors, and skylights. It ensures that certified products meet rigorous industry standards through independent testing and regular inspections of manufacturing facilities.
Products that earn the AAMA Gold Label have been verified to meet performance requirements and ongoing quality control standards. Certification is only valid when products are properly labeled with the official AAMA mark.
The program is accredited to ISO/IEC 17065 and is audited annually by the ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to ensure continued compliance and integrity.
In addition to the Gold Label program itself, FGIA offers several supporting programs—including component verification, plant quality assurance, and thermal certification—that reinforce and enhance the integrity of Gold Label certification.
Since 1962, AAMA Product Certification, the original third-party window, door and skylight performance program, has provided manufacturers with the means to independently demonstrate product performance to their customers.
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IG certification is offered through three programs supported by FGIA:
The AAMA Verified Components Program, an FGIA program, includes a system of verification and documentation of components’ compliance with their individual applicable standards.
Profiles must be certified for compliance through the AAMA Profile Certification Program, an FGIA program, in which randomly-selected production line samples of extrusions are tested by an accredited third-party laboratory for conformance with the appropriate AAMA profile specification.
The purpose of the AAMA Laboratory Accreditation Program, an FGIA program, is to identify and accredit independent testing laboratories capable of testing fenestration products utilizing the test methods included in AAMA product performance standards by FGIA.
Associated Laboratories, Inc. (ALI) serves as the administrator and validator for all of FGIA’s certification programs.
FGIA communicates updates for all of its programs using Certification Bulletins.
You may lodge a complaint against the AAMA Gold Label Certification program, a product or manufacturer, or regarding a fraudulent claim of certification.
The AAMA Certification programs are funded by fees charged to the licensees of the program. These fees are categorized as follows:
Copies of the fee schedules associated with each program may be obtained by contacting [email protected].
FGIA maintains a firm commitment to impartiality. All product certification activities, including all testing, surveillance inspections, audits and evaluations, shall be conducted impartially, objectively, uniformly, accurately and in a timely manner per the requirements of applicable product standards and those of ISO/IEC 17065, ISO/IEC 17020 and ISO/IEC 17021 as applicable for independent third-party programs. No commercial, financial or other pressures shall be permitted to compromise that impartiality.
All personnel who have direct access to proprietary information by the nature of their duties shall consider all such information to be confidential and only released to others upon written request or approval of an authorized representative of the participating Licensee or applicant and with the approval of the Certification Manager Services Manager, Fenestration.
All programs shall be nondiscriminatory in that:
This policy shall be communicated throughout the organization and understood as to its implications for the performance of all responsibilities.
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