Structural Insulated Panels – SIPS - are an advanced method of construction, offering superior insulation, structural strength and air-tightness over traditional construction methods or systems. SIP panels are used in walls and roofs for residential, industrial, educational and commercial applications, providing ecologically friendly and energy efficient buildings.
SIP technology has been developed around composite (or sandwich) panel techniques, creating a product with excellent structural and thermal characteristics.
SIPS consist of two parallel faces - Oriented Strand Board, sandwiching a rigid core of Polyurethane (PU) foam, making them lightweight, quick to erect and free from problems of compression shrinkage and cold bridging associated with other forms of construction.
- Highly energy efficient.
- U-value range between 0.10 W/m²·K and 0.22 W/m²·K.
- Air permeability’s approximately 1 m³/hour/m² at 50 Pa.
- Low site wastage as schemes are designed, cut and palletised in the factory meaning no excess building materials are delivered to site.
- All the components for a typical SIP’s Building System scheme e.g. panels and ancillaries, come from one source, therefore there are fewer deliveries compared to more traditional construction methods where components can often be sourced from and delivered by a number of different distributors or manufacturers. The overall result is less transport, which reduces the project’s impact on the environment.
- Manufactured with a blowing agent that has zero Ozone Depletion Potential (ODP) and low Global Warming Potential (GWP).
Fast, Cost Effective & Predictable
- Panelised system enables a fast track building process, which can help to reduce construction time considerably.
- Follow on trades can start work sooner much easier to predict project completion times as the System is relatively simple to erect and requires no wet trades or brick layers.
- Defects are vastly reduced due to the factory controlled manufacture, precise engineering and design of the system.