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SIP Design Best Practices 1: High-Performance SIP Building Envelope
SIPA
New resource for the well-informed builder or designer. The first in a series of reference guides for building with SIPs
This 24-page document is the first in a series of 10 "deep dive" companion publications to the Designing with SIPs: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS brochure authored by SIPA together with the SIP industry's technical experts. This highly illustrated document focuses on aiding and educating builders and designers that are new to the SIP world. These Best Practices guides will cover, in depth, the key points from each of the ten design considerations summarized in the overview brochure released last year.
Learn how SIP building science fundamentals inform design professionals to exceed building code thermal requirements, eliminate laborious external continuous insulation, reduce HVAC loads via reduced air leakage with better IAQ, and eliminate poor insulation installation concerns.
Get your free digital version of this new brochure (pdf download) from the SIPA Store and be sure to download (for free) or purchase the printed companion publication Designing with SIPs: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS (now on sale at 50% off until Sunday, Jan. 31).
Click here to go to the SIPA Store.
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.SIPA NEWS
Prepare Your Construction Disruption Strategy with New Webinar
SIPA
Green Builder Media presents Sam Rashkin's Preparing for Disruption free webinar
Join architect and building science expert Sam Rashkin for his sobering look at how perfecting high-performance home building isn’t enough to survive in the next building era.
Sam Rashkin is the author of the book titled "Retooling the U.S. Housing Industry: How It Got Here, Why It’s Broken, and How to Fix It" that presents a comprehensive strategy for transforming the new homebuyer consumer experience. Sam brings the lessons from this book to housing executives across the country with workshops and collaborative meetings that help them accelerate innovation. He regularly educates about the positive role of SIPs as a key ingredient in high-performance construction.
Note: At the time of publishing this newsletter, the webinar date and time will have passed, but a recording of the event will be available at Green Builder Media's website to download and listen at your convenience.
Click here to learn more.
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SIPA Master Builder Spotlight on: GreenTech Construction
They are breaking new ground and building with SIPs.
GreenTech Construction, led by Delaware, Ohio-based SIPA Master Builder Daniel Troth, specializes in building energy efficient and environmentally friendly homes in the Central Ohio region using the best and latest green building technologies.
Building with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) provides the strong and supertight above-grade exterior walls needed to replace outdated components of traditional building methods, such as studs and joists, insulation, vapor barrier and air barrier. GreenTech Construction has been building SIP homes since 1987 to the highest standards. Their focus is on the requirements of a changing environmental era where reduced energy consumption and carbon emissions are standard.
Click here to learn more.
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TRUFAST® is a leading U.S. manufacturer of engineered fastening solutions for the commercial roofing industry. Products include a comprehensive selection of fasteners, fastening accessories, adhesives and tools for commercial roofing and SIP/nail base panels. Fastening solutions conform to the highest standards (FM Global, Miami-Dade County Product Control, European Technical Approvals and NTA, Inc.).
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Calling for 2020 Building Excellence Awards Projects
SIPA
Deadline for submission extended to Friday, Jan. 29 – it's not too late to show us what you've been up to!
The in-person SIPA SelectSIPs EXPO and Annual Meeting scheduled for March 15-17, 2021, in Orlando, Florida has gone virtual due to COVID-19 concerns, and SIPA will conduct the 19th Annual Building Excellence Awards competition as planned. Winners will be announced during a shorter virtual event March 16th. Winners of the 2021 competition will be submitted to NAHB Building Systems Council and Green Builder Media award competitions in 2021 and featured in the SelectSIPs News SIPA newsletter throughout the year.
There are two ways to submit your project information:
1) SIPA members can login with their membership ID and password on the SIPA website and select the Building Excellence Awards Application from the right-hand navigation box on your member profile page. Fill in the required information, and upload documents and photos directly through the online application process.
2) SIPA members and non-members may download the interactive PDF version of the application form, fill in the required information and attach the completed form and any supporting documents and photos via email to info@sips.org. (Note: Please include BEA2021 in the subject line of your email.) Entries are due by 11:59 p.m. PT on Friday, Jan. 29.
Click here to learn more about the SIPA Building Excellence Awards.
Click here to download the application form.
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Sale Ends Soon on Choice SIPA Store Publications!
SIPA
50% off on select resources in the SIPA Store runs through Sunday, Jan. 31.
Builder's Guide to SIPs — Print versions of this publication are available at 50% off the regular price of $45 plus shipping. (A downloadable digital version of this book is also available at regular $45 price). This 330-page building science manual for SIP construction covers foundation design, HVAC strategies, drainage planes, air sealing, and window flashing, written by renowned building scientist Joseph Lstiburek.
Building with SIPs: NEED TO KNOW — Created specifically for builders documenting decades of combined knowledge from SIPA manufacturer members of the Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA). Designed to help reduce the learning curve and leverage SIPs' exceptional qualities to achieve high-performance results.
Cut Labor Costs by 55% with SIPs — Data-packed brochure with charts comparing the labor costs of SIPs vs. traditional stick frame construction.
Designing with SIPs: DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS — SIPA provides this checklist sharing the manufacturing membership's decades of combined knowledge to ensure the best experience and outcome for designers, builders and owners of structural insulated panel (SIP) buildings.
Do's and Don'ts for Handling SIPs — SIPs are simple to use. General do's and don'ts for handling and installing SIPs: Order pre-cut SIPs, stand them up, fasten them properly, seal the joints, and in a few days, your new house is ready for finish work. A published list of tips and suggestions to get the best performance from your SIPs.
Product Guide to Structural Insulated Panels — A comprehensive overview of SIPs. This 24-page brochure quantifies how SIPs save time and energy and includes design/construction considerations, load tables, and connection details.
Click here to visit the SIPA store and take advantage of these limited time deals. The sale ends Sunday, Jan. 31.
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Pre-cut and RTA Packages
Louisville, KY
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4" 6" 12" & 18" x 75' Rolls Available
MADE IN THE USA
sipseal.com
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Building Safety Month 2021: 'Prevent, Prepare, Protect. Building Codes Save'
Building Enclosure
The International Code Council announced today the theme for its 41st annual Building Safety Month. Held each year in May, the 2021 event will emphasize "Prevent, Prepare, Protect. Building Codes Save." With attendees' safety top of mind, all Building Safety Month events will be held virtually this year. The educational and interactive campaign is meant to raise awareness about the importance of building codes in ensuring safety in the spaces in which we live, work and learn.
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The Evolution of Housing: Healthy and Net Zero Innovation
Green Builder
Two home building categories are getting intense scrutiny by today's home buyers: health and efficiency. In a new ebook, quickly learn how progressive builders and product manufacturers are leaning on advanced products to make homes safer and more energy- and water-efficient.
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Using LEED in the Lab
Lab Manager
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is the world's leading green building rating system. It provides frameworks for sustainable, efficient and cost-effective buildings. Starting in 1998 as part of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it is now the most widely recognized rating system in the world for practically any building type that wants to be more sustainable. This includes medical facilities, and more specifically labs, which present their own unique issues and opportunities.
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Green a Building, Save the Planet
CleanTechnica
With the new administration’s robust focus on energy policy, energy efficiency efforts have taken on momentum around the US. In 2050, roughly half the US building stock will be buildings that are standing today. While new buildings will be constructed, we will also need to substantially reduce energy use and emissions from existing buildings. Typical building retrofits reduce energy use by 10-25%, but deep retrofits save at least 30% and sometimes more than 50%.
To green a building is to increase the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water and materials and of reducing impacts on human health and the environment for the entire life cycle of a building.
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