Your Resource for Green Home Building & Design

How much do you know about structural insulated panels (SIPs)?  These high-performance building panels can be used almost anywhere you need insulation and rigidity – walls, floors, roofs. And their hidden superpower is that not only do they up your insulation game to save you money on operating costs, but they also can save you build time, cut down on external noise, improve indoor air quality, and even offer enhanced durability and resilience. 

Our partners at the Structural Insulated Panel Association have many resources, including a costing tool, and free education modules for architects, builders, and information for realtors and consumers.

We need to sleep, but we shouldn’t have to sacrifice our health or our planet to do so comfortably. If you’re reading this, you’re probably aware of the fact that conventional mattresses are made from unsustainable materials, emit toxic VOCs that are bad for your health, and need to be replaced far too often – only increasing their eco-impact by requiring more resources and creating more pollution. (If you didn’t, now you do.) Yet, thankfully, more and more manufacturers are dreaming up ways to do things better. After much research, here’s a list of some of the industry leaders.