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Project Submittal Documents
Welcome to your ultimate resource for accessing the essential documents needed for project submittals and substitutions, in alignment with design specifications, regional guidelines, and sustainability requirements.
Submittal Documents
Environmental Submittal Documents
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
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
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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