RISE Architectural Sales represents U.S.-made commercial fenestration for architects, contractors and building owners, with specifications and product selection matched to New York's energy code and climate. We have served Upstate NY since 1986.
Products that perform in Phoenix can fail in Watertown. We select and specify for the codes and conditions here.
We help confirm that fenestration U-factor, SHGC and area meet ECCCNYS and ASHRAE 90.1, on whichever compliance path the project uses, before it goes to plan review.
Upstate New York spans climate zones 5 and 6. We match thermal performance and condensation resistance to long heating seasons and hard freeze-thaw cycles.
Skylight framing and glazing are engineered to withstand local snow loads and drifting conditions, and windows are designed for the project design pressures.
We customize three-part CSI specifications for windows, skylights and daylighting systems, and we review specifications you already have for outdated standards, missing performance requirements and products that will not meet current code.
We help evaluate details and configurations, considering existing conditions and the project's needs, so that the products selected fit the opening, the structure, the performance requirements and the owner's goals.
We model daylighting designs so building owners get the daylight they are paying for, along with a thermally and visually comfortable indoor environment.
We represent the manufacturers below across Upstate New York and serve as the local, knowledgeable resource for their products from early design through construction.
With passion and energy, we enthusiastically present AIA-accredited courses for architecture firms. See the courses.
We are passionate about fenestration and daylighting because we are passionate about people. The right daylight, delivered well, changes how people sleep, feel, focus, learn and heal.
Daylight sets the body's internal clock. People who work in daylit spaces sleep better and report higher well-being.
Daylight exposure supports healthy hormone cycles, lifting mood and lowering stress.
Bright daytime light reduces fatigue and supports attention and working memory.
Full-spectrum daylight renders color truly, and a well-balanced, glare-free design reduces eye strain.
Patients with more daylight have used less pain medication after surgery and had shorter stays in intensive care.
Students in classrooms with the most daylight have scored higher in math and reading than those with the least.
The research behind these points is presented in our AIA course The Human Benefits of Tubular Daylighting.
The products we represent are manufactured in the United States, which means a shorter supply chain and more predictable lead times than imported systems.
Architectural aluminum and hybrid fiber-resin windows and doors, built for high thermal and air-leakage performance, including historic replacement windows that match original sightlines. Manufactured in Fort Scott, Kansas, since 1952.
Custom structural glass skylights, VELUX Modular Skylights, barrel vault skylights and unit skylights for commercial, institutional and industrial buildings. VELUX has been around for 80 years. Manufactured in Wells, Maine, and Greenwood, South Carolina.
Tubular daylighting devices for commercial buildings, including the SolaMaster and SkyVault series, which bring daylight into spaces that windows and skylights cannot reach. Tubular daylighting pioneer since the 1990s, manufactured in Vista, California.
AIA-accredited courses presented by Jeremy Rollison. To schedule one for your firm, send us a message or call.
On behalf of Peerless Products
How today's aluminum windows make life easier for the people who use them: 5-lb ADA operating hardware, interior cleaning, powder coat finishes backed by 30-year warranties, and historic replica windows that match original sightlines. 1 LU/HSW.
On behalf of Solatube International
The human benefits of daylight, from sleep and mood to focus, visual comfort and occupant wellness, and how tubular daylighting brings it into interior spaces that windows cannot reach. 1 LU/HSW.
On behalf of VELUX Commercial
How unitized curtain wall changed vertical glazing, and how the same approach now applies to structural skylights, with the design and efficiency benefits of modular daylighting. 1 LU/HSW.
Buildings featuring products we represent. Photos courtesy of the manufacturers.
RISE Architectural Sales, LLC
Buffalo, New York
