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Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) Environmental Benefits

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The core product for all R-Control® Structural Insulated Panel (SIPs) systems is Expanded Polystyrene. EPS is a very unique material, having excellent insulating qualities. It is lightweight, strong, resilient, non-corrosive and dimensionally stable.

Structural Insulated Panel Energy Savings and the Environment

R-Control® Structural Insulated Panel EPS insulation reduces energy consumption. With energy savings comes environmental benefits –specifically, the reduction of fossil fuels burned to create energy. By reducing our energy consumption, we reduce combustion by-products that lead to smog and contribute to global warming.

Save Emissions

A home built with EPS construction systems such as Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) can reduce enough energy consumption to eliminate 2 - 3 tons of CO2 emissions to our atmosphere per year when compared to a similar home built with 2x dimensional lumber. Over the life of a 30-year mortgage, the home built with R-Control SIPs can save our atmosphere 60 - 90 tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Life Cycle Benefits of SIPs

When choosing R-Control® SIPs you are getting a material with built-in features that provide environmental benefits. Building materials and their impact on the environment should be considered over the full life of the building structure. This is considered the ”life cycle” of the building. This includes inventorying the cost to the environment from material production, transportation, installation, use, and end of life reuse, recycling, or disposal. Research has shown that for both residential buildings and commercial buildings that operations contribute to over 90% of the building’s impact on global warming. Reducing energy use is the best way to reduce our impact on the environment.


Green Building Programs

The selection of R-Control® SIPs for your building makes it easy to comply with various national green building programs.

USGBC – LEED
The U.S. Green Building Council developed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ to promote green buildings. The LEED system provides a yardstick for measuring the environmental impact of buildings. “Certified”, “Bronze”, “Silver”, and “Platinum” levels can be achieved based upon a point system. R-Control SIPs have been used in many LEED buildings, including buildings with the highest Platinum rating. For more information on the LEED program, please visit www.usgbc.org.

ENERGY STAR®
The U.S. Department of Energy established the ENERGY STAR program which many consumers are aware of from their everyday purchases of electronics and appliances. The ENERGY STAR program also provides a method for ENERGY STAR rating a structure. R-Control SIPs are deemed to comply with the program without conducting on-site blower door testing. For more information on the ENERGY STAR program, please visit www.energystar.gov.

NAHB Green Building
The National Association of Home Builders created a building program for use by builders to help advance green building. As part of the NAHB program, SIP panels are given points for the increased effective R-value for the building envelope. For more information on the NAHB Green Building program, please visit www.nahbgreen.org.
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