Amerisips Homes Save Resources
The major components of SIPs, foam and oriented strand board (OSB), take less energy and raw materials to produce than other structural building systems. SIPs are fabricated in a controlled environment, allowing for greater efficiency than site-built framing.
- The construction of a 2,000 sq. ft. home produces an estimated 7,000 lbs. of waste. SIPs have the ability to drastically reduce the waste generated during construction by using advanced optimization software and automated fabrication technology to ensure the most efficient use of material.
- OSB is manufactured from fast growing, underutilized, and often less expensive wood species grown in carefully managed forests. The OSB production process uses small wood chips and highly automated machinery, making OSB a very efficient use of raw materials.
- About 85-90 percent of a log can be used to make high quality structural panels, and the remainder - bark, saw trim, and sawdust - can be converted into energy, pulp chips or bark dust.
- EPS is a lightweight insulation composed mostly of air. Only 2% of EPS is plastic. Over the lifetime of a house, the EPS insulation used in SIPs will save many times the energy embodied in the petroleum used to make EPS
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