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Resource Library
Explore these helpful resources for insights into designing and building with structural insulated panels (SIPs).
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Product Brochures
Process & Install Docs
Reports & Studies
Energy Efficiency
⇒ Eco Efficiency in Residential Insulation Systems - BASF Study
⇒ ORNL/Building America - High Performance Homes that Use 50% Less Energy than DOE Building America Benchmark Building
⇒ ORNL/Building America - Building a 40% Energy Saving House in the Mixed-Humid Climate
Health, Comfort & IAQ
⇒ Clean Air Gold Study & Certification - Intertek
⇒ SIPA (Structural Insulated Panel Association) - Healthier Buildings & Indoor Air Quality with SIPs
⇒ APA (Engineered Wood Association) Technical Note - Formaldehyde & Engineered Wood Products
⇒ APA (Engineered Wood Association) Technical Topic - Moisture Content & Drying in Wood Buildings
Strength & Long-Term Durability
⇒ ORNL: DOE Testing Agency - Structural Analysis of SIPS Oak Ridge National Labs
⇒ National Research Council Canada - Structural & Durability Testing Compliance Report
⇒ Joint Research Report: US Department of Agriculture (USDA) & US Forest Service - Performance of structural insulated panel walls under seismic loading.
⇒ Joint Research Report: USDA & APA (Engineered Wood Association) - Wood Structural Panel & Foam Insulation, Hygrothermal Behavior & Lateral Load Resistance
⇒ APA – Engineered Wood Association - Durability Testing for Structural Insulated Panels
⇒ APA – Engineered Wood Association - Durability of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) Cyclic Shear Wall Testing
⇒ USDA - Lateral Load Performance of Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) Diaphragms
⇒ USDA - Lateral Load Performance of Structural Insulated Panel (SIP) Walls with Full Bearing
⇒ Joint Research Report: USDA & Forest Products Library - Creep Behavior of Structural Insulated Panels
⇒ USDA - Evaluation of Creep Performance of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) Phase 2
⇒ Buildings/BioResources.com - Flexural Testing of Structural Insulated Panels Before and After Creep Testing – Peer Reviewed Study
⇒ Resilient Infrastructure London, Universities of Melbourn Australia & Belgium - Ultimate Flexural Strength & Long-Term Creep Deflection For Structural Insulated Foam-Timber Sandwich Panels
Environment & Sustainability
⇒ SIPA: Structural Insulated Panel Association EPD - SIP Industry Environmental Product Declaration
⇒ EPS Industry Alliance - EPS Insulation Environmental Product Declaration – EPD
⇒ EPS Industry Alliance - SIPS Lifecycle Analysis: SIPS Reduce Global Warming
⇒ SIPA: Structural Insulated Panel Association - The Embodied Carbon Story of a Green Building
⇒ University of Melbourne – A Life Cycle Analysis of structural insulated panels for residential buildings in a hot and arid climate
⇒ McKinsey Sustainability Study - Building Value by Decarbonizing the Built Environment
⇒ RMI: Rocky Mountain Institute - The Hidden Climate impact of Residential Construction - Homebuilders Leading Decarbonization
⇒ NAHB: National Association of Homebuilders - Building Sustainably – Green & Resilient Single Family Homes
⇒ NAHB - Getting to ZERO Energy Homes – ZEHs
⇒ KPMB Lab - Embodied Carbon Values in Common Insulation Materials
Installation & Building Material Reports
⇒ APA (Engineered Wood Association) - Structural Insulated Panels Product Guide
⇒ ANSI American Standard - SIPs in Wall Applications
⇒ HUD Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH) - Prescriptive Method for SIP Wall Systems
⇒ Joint Research Report: HUD Partnership for Advanced Technology in Housing (PATH) & NAHB Research - Prescriptive Method for Connecting SIP Roofs to Concrete Wall Systems
⇒ ICC 700-2020 & ICC/ASHRAE 700-2015 NGBS (National Green Building Council) - SIPS & the National Green Building Standard (NAHB, Natinoal Association of Home Builders)
⇒ APA (Engineered Wood Association) - Oriented Strand Board Product Guide
Natural Disasters
⇒ US Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Seismic – Performance of Structural Insulated Panels Walls under Seismic Loading
⇒ Home Innovation Research Labs - Seismic – SIP Shear Walls Cyclic Performance of High Aspect Ratio Segments and Perforated Walls
⇒ WUI (Wildland-Urban Interface) - Wildfire compliance
⇒ Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA) - Hurricanes – SIP Missile Testing
⇒ Mississippi State University - Post Hurricane Housing Strategies
⇒ FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) - Coastal Construction - Home Builder’s Guide to Coastal Construction (Jump to Fact Sheet 1.7 for SIPS)
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