The 2016 Building Excellence Award Non-Residential Overall Winner went to the Rocky Mt. Institute (RMI) Innovation Center. Submitted by SIPA member Premier SIPS, the office building accommodates 50 staff, plus 80 people in the convening space and serves as a living classroom for sustainable design and construction. The building is the largest PassiveHouse Certified office building in the U.S., exceeding the Architecture 2030 Challenge goals and earning all 19 LEED® energy points.

SIPs combined with strict construction details helped provide an air-tight design for improving energy efficiency. In fact, the Innovation Center uses 74 percent less energy than the average building in this climate (as determined by Energy Star) and achieved an air leakage rate of only 0.36 ACH. SIPs were used not only in the walls, but in the innovative curved roof panels!

Agricultural Winner: Organic Greenhouse

Non-Residential Overall Honorable Mention

Submitted by: Innova Eco Building System

Features:

  • Attractive niche
  • MgO SIP walls
  • MgO/OSB roof SIP
  • PanelWrights SIPA member builder

SIP Organic Greenhouse Seymour TN

Runner-up: Staples Home and Barn

Submitted by: Energy Panel Structures

Features:

  • SIP walls & Roof
  • HERS 54
  • ACH 1.9

SIP Farm Shop and House Jackson MN

Commercial Over 10,000 sq. ft. Winner: Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center

Non-Residential Overall Winner

Submitted by: Premier SIPS

Features:

  • Innovative use of curved panels
  • SIP walls & roof
  • Certified Passive House (largest in US)
  • Phase change material in walls
  • 83K of PV; 0.36 ACH
  • Net-Positive Energy

PHIUS SIP Office Building Basalt CO

Runner-up: Fruit & Produce Corp. Office

Submitted by: Premier SIPS

Features:

  • Innovative use of expansive SIP roof panels
  • Cool roof

SIP Office Building Yakima WA

Commercial Under 10,000 sq. ft. Winner: Blue Wave on the Bay Hotel & Store

Non-Residential Overall Runner-up

Submitted by: Enercept

Features:

  • Challenging and creative use of SIP wall & roof panels
  • LED lighting & EIFS siding

Blue Wave SIP Complex Ashland WI

Runner-up: Penguin Exhibit

Submitted by: Innova Eco Building System

Features: 

  • Creative use of MgO SIP wall & MgO/OSB flooring

SIP Seaquarium Miami FL

Multifamily Winner: Lake Area Suites

Submitted by: Enercept

Features:

  • HERS 38
  • EnergyStar
  • 1.43 ACH
  • 2012 IECC compliant
  • 24 units

SIP Student Housing Watertown SD

Runner-up: 10th Street Townhomes

Submitted by: Energy Panel Structures

Features:

  • SIP walls
  • HERS 60
  • EnergyStar
  • 8 units

SIP Townhouses Storm Lake IA

Single Family Homes Over 3,000 sq. ft. Winner: Dunn Residence

Residential Overall Honorable Mention

Submitted by: Extreme Panel

Features:

  • SIP roof, floors and walls
  • HERS 39; 0.69 ACH
  • ICF foundation
  • Geothermal system

Dunn SIP House Sauk Centre MN

Runner-up: Achs Residence

Submitted by: Extreme Panel

Features:

  • SIP walls & roof
  • HERS 15
  • 0.49 ACH
  • Net Zero Energy
  • LEED Platinum
  • EnergyStar v3

Achs NET ZERO SIP House Port Byron IL

Single Family Homes Under 3,000 sq. ft. Winner: Twin Mountain Home

Residential Overall Runner-up

Submmited by: Foard Panel

Features:

  • SIP Neopor walls & roof
  • Local wood trim
  • HERS 32
  • 0.37 ACH

ENERGY STAR SIP House Carroll NH

Runner-up: Shelley Whidbey Island Home

Submitted by: CVH, Inc. Zero-Energy Plans

Features:

  • SIP walls & roof
  • HERS -12
  • 0.7 ACH
  • NZE design
  • Panels by Premier SIPS

Net Zero SIP House Coupeville WA

Affordable Housing Winner: Sugar Mills Villas, St. Croix

Submitted by: Innova Eco Building System

Features:

  • 30 units
  • MgO walls & roof
  • No a/c
  • 3 Kw PV
  • Solar hot water

Sugar Mills SIP Villas St. Croix VI

Renovations Winner: Beineke House Renovation

Residential Overall Winner

Submitted by: GreenTech Construction

Features:

  • 1872 historic preservation – reused  doors, floors, slate roof
  • SIP roof & walls
  • Raised house for new foundation
  • HERS 47 pre-drywall
  • Panels by MM&I (SIPA member)

SIP House Renovation Marion OH