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50% ENERGY SAVINGS: How to Build With Structural Insulat...

Updated on August 12th, 2021

30 March 2019: Earlier this week I talked to a young pastor about a building project he has in mind His church is...Continue Reading

STRUCTURAL INSULATED PANELS: This Stud Frame Alternative...

Updated on August 12th, 2021

Structural insulated panels (SIPs) are an alternative to stud frame construction for homes and small commercial...Continue Reading

Lessons Learned Living and Building in the Country

Updated on January 21st, 2022

In 1986 I bought an empty piece of farmland and forest in a quiet corner of rural Canada and began building a full-time...Continue Reading

SIPs Panels: A Better Way to Build with this Foam Board ...

Updated on August 12th, 2021

SIPs panels empower ordinary people to create extraordinary building There are more ways to raise a good building these...Continue Reading

Insulation R Values: Not What They Seem

Updated on August 12th, 2021

Go figure this one: two houses, side by side, identical floor plans, same orientation, both built by the same crew to...Continue Reading

Fibre vs Foam Based Insulations for Home Building

Updated on August 12th, 2021

Insulation R values don't tell the whole story of energy efficiency Far from it Take two identical buildings with the...Continue Reading

Structural Insulated Panels Produce Strong Energy Effici...

Updated on July 8th, 2021

Steve Maxwell admits he was wary at first, but has since become a supporter of Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) In...Continue Reading

SIP Foundations: Faster, Easier, Warmer

Updated on August 12th, 2021

In a world where most everyone believes that a worthwhile building foundation is always made with some kind of masonry,...Continue Reading

Fast and Easy Structural Insulated Foundations are Warm ...

Updated on August 12th, 2021

SIPs are factory-built panels made of wood-based sheet material glued to both faces of thick foam Homes built...Continue Reading