What are Structural Insulated Panels (or structural insulating panels), they are a composite building material. Structural insulated panels share the same structural properties as an I-beam or I-column. The rigid insulation core of the panels perform as a web. They replace several components of conventional building such as wood studs and joists, insulation, vapor barrier and air barrier. As such they can be used for many different applications such as exterior wall, roof, floor and foundation systems.

 Benefits of using Structural Insulated Panels

The use of our panels brings many benefits when compared to a conventional framed building. A well built home using our panels will have a tighter building envelope and the walls will have a higher insulative value, which leads to fewer drafts and a decrease in operating costs for maintaining a comfortable interior environment for the occupants. 

Due to the standardized and all-in-one nature of our building system, construction time can be reduced as much as 50% over building a frame home as well as requiring fewer trades for system integration. Our panels work as the framing, insulation, and exterior sheathing, and can come precut from the factory for a specific job, meaning that the exterior building envelope can be built quite quickly.

Our panel system outperforms conventional concrete block and stick framed construction structurally, environmentally, energy efficiently and maintains the versatility of the conventional house when incorporating custom designs. 

The rigid polyurethane foam insulation is a closed cell insulation as compared to fiberglass insulation which is an open cell insulation. 

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