SIP Benefits

When to use Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs)

Are SIPs Right for Your Project?

Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are high-performance building components that consist of two layers of oriented strand board (OSB) enclosing a core of rigid foam insulation of expanded polystyrene. This structure provides superior thermal insulation and structural integrity.

Evaluating SIPs for Your Construction Needs:

Structural Efficiency for Walls, Roofs, and Floors:

SIPs are a smart investment for projects aimed at durability and energy efficiency. If you’re building structures like Net Zero, Passive House, or LEED Certified buildings, SIPs streamline the construction process by improving insulation properties and creating a tight seal that achieves high R-values and low air infiltration rates easily.

Choose SIPs

Environmental Impact: Opt for SIPs if reducing your carbon footprint is a priority. Buildings constructed with SIPs use less energy and produce fewer CO2 emissions, supporting a sustainable construction practice.
Resilience Against Nature: In regions susceptible to extreme weather, SIPs provide enhanced protection. Their robust structure is highly effective against lateral forces such as winds and offers superior defense against flying debris, compared to traditional methods.
Efficiency in Construction: If you're managing your project and face a shortage of skilled labor, SIPs simplify the building process. The panels are designed for quick and accurate assembly, helping streamline the erection of structures.
Integration with Timber Frames: For timber frame or post and beam structures, SIPs are an excellent complement. They cover large areas quickly, ensuring a strong and insulated envelope that speeds up the overall construction timeline.
Guaranteed Quality: Our SIPs are produced with strict quality controls and come with robust warranties. Manufactured in a controlled environment, they meet rigorous testing standards as documented in our NTA Code report, ensuring consistent performance.
Code Compliance Made Simple: With stringent building codes in the latest IRC and IBC, achieving compliance can be cumbersome with traditional construction methods. SIPs offer a straightforward solution to meet these evolving standards effectively and with confidence.
Making the Right Choice: Selecting SIPs means choosing a method that enhances construction efficiency, minimizes environmental impact, and ensures lasting quality. If these benefits align with your project's objectives, SIPs are an excellent choice for your next build.

YOU are you building a Net Zero, Passive House, Energy Star, LEED Certified, EarthCraft, or just a darn good building. A building envelope made from SIPs (roofs, walls and floors) is the simplest way to build a superior performance structure. Achieving higher continuous R values, low air infiltration rates and satisfying program criteria has never been easier.
YOU care about the environment and want your decisions to help create a better future. Buildings and their construction together account for 36 percent of global energy use and 39 percent of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions annually. A high efficiency building made with SIPs saves hundreds of thousands of pounds of CO2 emissions over the life of the building. An efficient house made from SIPs provides a greater reduction in greenhouse gases.
YOU worry about Hurricanes? High Winds? Flying Debris? SIP buildings withstand the extreme forces of nature better than stick framed buildings. SIPs buildings are up to 4x as strong at resisting lateral forces such as wind and each panel acts as a shear wall for added sturdiness. Panel walls also make the building safer from flying debris and projectiles.
YOU are building or managing the project yourself. Short on framing labor? SIPs (roofs, walls and floors) go together extremely easy to create a high quality building envelope with accuracy in construction. Your building envelope can be erected quickly and correctly the first time to give you more time to manage the rest of the building.
YOU are building with a Timber Frame or Post and Beam Structure. Structural Insulated Panels are the natural choice for completing these buildings – they can be quickly installed in large sections to provide a strong and efficient shell to get you roughed in fast. Panel ceilings provide longer spans between beams when designing elegant vaulted ceilings.
YOU want a certified quality control and warranty. Our SIPs (roofs, walls and floors) are made in controlled environment with a documented Quality Control program that is certified and audited four times per year. Engineering values are set through extensive testing of our SIPs and are documented in an NTA Code report and monitored with periodic testing.
YOU are building to newer IRC or IBC Codes? Newer IRC and IBC building codes have higher standards for R-values, continuous insulation and lower air infiltration requirements, which are increasingly difficult to meet with Stick Frame construction. Hence, requiring more steps from the builder to get right with an uncertain result. SIPs are designed to go together to make it easy to meet the new building code requirements with confidence.