SIPS Product Information

Structural Insulated Panels – The Impact of Our Products on the Environment

Energy efficiency is one of the key ways we can limit the harmful impact we have on the environment. Structural insulated panels are highly energy efficient and as such our products have a positive effect on the world around them.

Once you have installed our SIP panels in your home, the years you spend heating and cooling your house will have less harmful impact on the environment than if you had not installed them. This is because our products demand less fossil fuel consumption (gas, oil and coal) and greatly reduce the levels of greenhouse gas emissions (carbon dioxide).

Insulated panels also encourage environmentally conscious building practices: they generate less waste material on site (when compared to stick-framing building practices) and are made entirely from recyclable material.

Structural Insulated Panels – The Impact of Our Products on Indoor Air Quality

Research has found a definitive link between indoor air quality and disease. Poor indoor air quality can be harmful to personal health, causing allergies and even various types of respiratory disease. Ever since this link has been scientifically proven, people have sought to improve indoor air quality through better ventilation. Using building materials that are less toxic is also vital in improving air quality. Our structural insulated panels give you better control over your indoor air quality; as they are very airtight and they completely keep out allergens, dust and even humidity.

Materials:

Structuralinsulatedpanels (SIP) insulated panels consists of two facings of OSB (oriented strand board) bonded to a layer of highly insulated expanded polystyrene (EPS, OSB/3 board comprises softwood flakes / strands bonded together with resin, binder and waxes. The board is manufactured to the specification detailed in BS EN300:1997 for OSB/3, load bearing oriented strand boards for use in humid conditions. All OSB/3 is from FSC sources. The foam insulation has an Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) zero and has a low GWP (Global Warming Potential).