This virtual walkthrough of the Cool Energy House offers insight into the process of conducting a deep energy retrofit on an existing home. The project is sponsored in part by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Building America program to serve as an educational tool on energy-efficient remodeling.
The improvements to [...]
Check out the June 2012 issue of Commercial Building Products for a complete profile of the Little Big Horn College Health and Wellness Center in Crow Agency, Montana.
Architectural firm BNIM Architects designed the 35,000 sq. ft. building to meet LEED Platinum standards with the aid of structural [...]
SIPA is proud to announce a new AIA Continuing Education course on advanced design with structural insulated panels. The course serves as a follow up to SIPA’s introductory AIA Continuing Education presentation, covering more advanced design considerations for SIP construction like integrating SIPs with structural steel, engineering methods, and energy code compliance. Both courses are [...]
Building products manufacturer REHAU teamed up with the Montana State University (MSU) Creative Research Lab to construct the REHAU Montana ecosmart house project. The Bozeman, Montana home was designed and constructed with the help of MSU students to study the effectiveness of different building and mechanical systems; and how those [...]
June 4, 2012 – The Structural Insulated Panel Association (SIPA) announced today that they will sponsor aspect ratio testing on shear walls built with structural insulated panels (SIPs). Funded by both SIPA and the USDA Forest Products Laboratory, the testing aims to determine the allowable wall height-to-width ratio (aspect ratio) for SIP shear walls [...]
