Environmental advantages

Low wastage
Building with SIPs produces less timber waste than other forms of construction, because any waste created in the manufacturing and cutting of the pre-engineered panels can be recycled.

Low U-value walls and roof
Sips Industries Structural Insulated Panels offer extremely high thermal performance, the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) layer of rigid insulation, achieves U-Values as low as 0.22 Watts per Meter Squared Kelvin or better, making significant savings of up to 60% on your annual heating costs.

Integral insulation
The insulation is integral to the SIP system, and therefore does not require installing at a later date.

Egan compliant
Sir John Egan reported with the Construction Task Force on the scope for improving quality and efficiency in UK construction. Sips Industries Panels meeting many of the requirements stated in the report.

Limited cold bridging
Due to the continuity of the Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) layer of rigid insulation, the SIPS system greatly enhances thermal reliability compared with other insulation which often sags or slumps after time.

Carbon Dioxide Emissions
The Government has recently passed legislation increasing the thermal efficiency of buildings. The revised U-value is 0.35W/m2K this figure was originally 0.45W/m2K in Scotland and up to 0.65W/m2K in England and Wales. The reason for this drop is to cut down on the emission of CO2 gas into the atmosphere. An average domestic dwelling on the old U-values will create and emit up to 11 tonnes of CO2 in a year. The Sips Industries panel in standard form will achieve a U-value of 0.30W/m2K which is below the current minimum and means that the gases emitted heating your house are significanly reduced. Furthermore a Sips Industries panel house takes less energy to heat than conventional methods of construction thereby cutting down on energy requirements from the conventional suppliers of energy.

A Sips Industries panel house uses whitewood timber which is sourced through a recognised timber supplier and saw mills. This timber is vacuum treated, the process uses no solvents.. As there is a joint at only 1200mm as opposed to standard timber frame type construction approximately 50% saving is made in timber. This enables less trees to be cut down which can take up to 40 years to regenerate.

Sips Industries structurally insulated panels meet the demands of tomorrow, today.

Thermal Images

These thermal images were taken with a thermal camera.
Blue is Cool
White is Hot

The roof above is made with Sips Industries Panel. Notice is a uniform dark purple colour (cool). This indicates very low heat loss and uniform insulation.

The roof of a "traditional" build with trusses and loft insulation (above) shows an un-even and much lighter colour. This indicates a higher heat loss than a panel roof. The insulation is un-even as the heat loss (colours) are un-even.