Structural Insulated Panel Anatomy

 
Structural Insulated Panels are manufactured with closed cell Expanded Polystyrene (ESP) foam, sandwiched between two sheets of Oriented Strand Board (OSB).  These components are combined with adhesives in a controlled environment and tested under strict guidelines to ensure proper adhesion for super strength. When a panel is completed it is considered a structural I-Beam.
Making them an approved structural building system by the International Residential Code.

Building Homes and Businesses with the Future In Mind!

Energy Smart Homes designs, builds and provides support for homes and businesses constructed with super-insulated Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs).  Our goal at Energy Smart Homes is to help build an Energy Smart Kentucky. Allow us to provide your next construction project with Structural Insulated Panels. (SIPs)

Savings

When building with SIPs  you save, your health, the earth, and 40% to 60% on heating bills.

Strength

Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) function like a structual I-Beam due to the outer skins acting as the steel flanges and the foam as the continuious web in the middle. 

Homes built with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are upto 3 times stronger than a home built with conventional lumber. Although there is significant research done to prove SIPs superior strength there is no research more conclusive than the actual devistating events such as the homes that remained structural sound during previous tornadoes and earthquakes. Such as, the 1993 earth quake in Kobe, Japan, which SIPs construction has heavily increased since.  Also, tornadoes in Georgia (1998) and Tennessee (November 10th, 2002) have proven the strength of homes built with SIPs. 

This house was hit by a 200mph tornado in Sumner County, TN Nov. 10th 2002

Speed

A study conducted by BASF and RSMeans Business Solutions concluded that builders could reduce their framing labor as much as 55% by using SIPs instead of traditional methods.

Air Tight

A home constructed with Structural Insulated Panels prevents air infiltration, thus creating a more dust and pollen free environment. It also creates a much warmer environment as well due to the lack of outside air being able to pass the wall system. In fact, a study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the DOE's Energy Star home certification program now exempts SIPs-built homes from the 17-point thermal bypass insulation inspection and blower-door tests required for qualification in the program.

Due to air tightness, the SIP's systems require an air to air exchanger in order to provide a fresh indoor environment, which leads to a higher quality of indoor living.