SIP Building Insights & Green Construction Blog

Your Builder Works For You: How To Find The Right One

The R-value is a very accurate and reliable expression of how insulation materials perform with regard to conduction of energy.

Do You Know What You're Getting? Learn About Differences In SIPs

Expanded Polystyrene Foam, EPS, is durable, strong and its light weight make it ideal for structural insulated panels (SIPs.)

Winter Construction: More Cost-Effective and Comfortable With SIPs

Seven Reasons YOU Should Be Building With SIPs

Modular homes are nothing new on the construction scene

One of the primary methods of sheathing these panels is oriented strand board or ‘OSB.’ In fact, OSB has the majority of the market share for SIPs.

Blue Wave is home to a Restaurant, Retail Sports Store, and Upscale five room hotel and is a SIPA Building Excellence 1st Place Award Winner - by Enercept.

Since SIPs combine structural framing, insulation, and sheathing into one step, this system saves you man hours and extends your building season.

Using structural insulated panels meets the continuous insulation building requirements in many states and is being adopted by more building codes. 

By using SIPs you can reduce labor costs by up to 55 percent, reduce construction materials by up to two-thirds, and have fewer callbacks.