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SIPs are sized to accept dimensional lumber and are seamlessly compatible with stick framing. Builders may choose to build with SIP walls and a conventional truss roof, or stick walls and a SIP roof with little difficulty. As a solution, we can make strong reliability guarantees about the code running in a SIP. SIPs are more energy-efficient, so they don’t need the heavy-duty HVACs of other buildings. Smaller units can run on less power for longer lengths of time — and they dehumidify in the process, which is key to keeping mold concerns off your mind.

Many of California’s SIPs rely on the identical core set of control strategies, including emission standards for cars and heavy trucks and boat dash panels, fuel regulations and limits on emissions from consumer products. SIPs are made in a factory and transported to job sites. Builders then join them together to build a house. Some of these structures are flattened constructions and several incorporate integrated passive substrates.

SIPs are fundamentally thick sheets of expanded polystyrene board sandwiched ‘tween two sheets of Oriented Strand Board (OSB) or plyboard. They can be used to make walls, roofs, floors ? SIPs are the only wall and roof system that is automatically authorized for EPAs Energy Star program- the current energy efficiency standard.

SIPs are a structural composite, kind of like an ‘I’-beam and used as a sandwich panel. This composite assembly yields hardness, strength and predictable responses. SIPS are structurally insulated panels which are used to construct ecologically friendly buildings and trailer panel and elevator panel designs. Building with SIPS will lead to dramatically reduced heating bills, reduced carbon dioxide emissions and increased available living space in the build. Sips are super energy efficient because they reduce thermal bridging and eliminate drafts that are prevalent in conventional stick framing construction methods. Because of these factors, SIPs are able to create whole wall R-values that far surpass other building methods.