Helen Sanders, PhD, is a general manager at Technoform North America. She has more than 30 years of experience in glass technology, market development and manufacturing, especially in functional coatings, insulating glass and thermal zone technology for fenestration. Sanders has a doctorate in surface science from the University of Cambridge, England.
She is an active member of many industry organizations and in codes and standards development. She is the founding president and immediate past board president of the Façade Tectonics Institute. She is also a board member of the Insulating Glass Certification Council, the National Fenestration Rating Council and the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA). In addition, she serves as co-chair of FGIA’s Glass Products Council and its Innovation and Sustainability Steering Committees. She was a member of the envelope subcommittee for the 2024-International Energy Conservation Code (2024-IECC) development and is a member of the consensus committee for the 2027-IECC development.
Sanders can be reached at helen.sanders@technoform.com.