One proven way that design teams can deliver a virtually airtight, low-embodied building envelope is by integrating structural insulated panels (SIPs) during the planning stages of a project.
The industry’s most prominent offsite construction awards program, the Building Excellence Awards showcase outstanding residential and commercial projects that demonstrate the design flexibility, long-lasting energy performance and resiliency of structural insulated panels.
All Weather Insulated Panels (AWIP) has introduced its enhanced Glimpse3D viewer with upgrades that now enable customers to better understand how the company’s insulated metal panels for wall and roof applications fit together.
All Weather Insulated Panels has implemented three initiatives aimed at enhancing its environmental responsibility efforts: the release of Global Warming Potential data sheets, a LEED v4 and 4.1 support guide and the launch of an updated sustainability web page.
Kingspan Insulated Panels North America announced it has launched its new Sustainability Resource Center website at Greenbuild 2023 International Conference and Expo on September 27-28.
Enclosure materials influence embodied carbon goals. This means that selecting and designing for low-carbon enclosure materials is important for reducing the overall embodied carbon impact of the building. It is important to note that using heavier enclosure assemblies may require additional structural support, increasing the embodied carbon associated with the building structure.
Polyisocyanurate (polyiso) exterior wall insulation is a high-performing closed-cell, rigid foam continuous insulation that is bonded to various organic and inorganic facers on both sides. Polyiso accounts for over 75 percent of the insulation used in new and retrofit residential and commercial construction in the U.S.
As industry professionals are challenged to deliver comfortable, healthy and more resilient structures, the offsite construction awards program recognizes outstanding residential and commercial projects that use structural insulated panels in walls, roofs and floors to create a nearly impermeable building envelope