If you are looking for a good quality, super-insulated and super-strong house, a modular home using structural insulated panels, or SIPs, may be the right choice. SIP homes offer two very important ...

A net-zero energy home or building is one that generates as much power on-site as it consumes over the course of a year. To achieve this, architects specify renewable energy sources such as rooftop ...

Among the many breakthroughs in building materials and home construction, structural insulated panels (SIPs) are one of the best. SIPs are rigid foam sandwiched between factory-bonded oriented strand ...

Typically composed of a layer of EPS, XPS, or polyurethane foam sandwiched between oriented strand board panels, structural insulated panels can provide R-values for walls, floors, and roofs ranging ...

Structural insulated panels, commonly referred to as SIPs, have been used in the construction of single-family homes for more than 40 years. But only recently has the technology really caught on in ...

Winter is the national annual ordeal that separates us Canadians from most of the rest of the world, and winter is the reason we’re completely dependent on houses to keep us alive at this time of the ...

This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Having spent 30+ years in residential construction, contracting, remodeling, maintenance and home repair, Deane now contributes DIY, informational and financial content as a freelance writer and ...