A net-zero energy home or building is one that generates as much power on-site as it consumes over the course of a year. To achieve this, architects specify renewable energy sources such as rooftop ...

Among the many breakthroughs in building materials and home construction, structural insulated panels (SIPs) are one of the best. SIPs are rigid foam sandwiched between factory-bonded oriented strand ...

Structural insulated panels, commonly referred to as SIPs, have been used in the construction of single-family homes for more than 40 years. But only recently has the technology really caught on in ...

SIPs are, in many ways, an evolution of that idea. Rather than building a frame and then adding insulation into it, SIPs combine the structure and the insulation in one solid panel. This makes for a ...

Composite Panel Solutions' (CPS, Eagle River, WI, US) ground-breaking composite foundation wall system, trademarked EPITOME, for residential houses was first written about in this magazine in July ...

Winter is the national annual ordeal that separates us Canadians from most of the rest of the world, and winter is the reason we’re completely dependent on houses to keep us alive at this time of the ...