2025 Newsletters

The SIP True Cost Bidding Tool Demonstrates the Savings

Mar 6, 2025 - SIPs enthusiasts know that SIPs are better and faster than conventional construction methods but proving reduced cost has been challenging until recently. In 2023, SIPA launched the SIP True Cost Bidding Tool (STCBT) — a free online calculator developed in partnership with Sam Rashkin, retired Chief Architect of the U.S. Department of Energy and author of Housing 2.0: A Disruption Survival Guide. Open Newsletter

The 2025 Green Builder Awards Recognize a Large SIP Complex

Feb 20, 2025 - Zero energy 2-and-3-bedroom SIP apartments for the urban dwelling Kansans - Green Builder Media recently announced their 2025 Green Home of the Year Awards. Structural Insulated Panels are featured annually in the lineup of winners, and this year’s honorable mention is a 115-unit SIP apartment complex in Kansas City. Open Newsletter

SIPA Announces the 2025 Building Excellence Award Winners

Feb 6, 2025 - SIPA announced the winners of the 2025 Building Excellence Awards at its annual meeting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, January 28. Now in its 23rd year, the trade association’s offsite construction award program recognizes standout residential and commercial projects that illustrate the thermal performance, design flexibility and resiliency of structural insulated panels (SIPs). To meet increasingly tough building and energy codes in all climate zones, a growing number of industry professionals are choosing SIPs to deliver a nearly impermeable building envelope that prioritizes the comfort, health and safety of the homeowner or future building occupant. Open Newsletter

How SIPA Concentrated on Affordability and Sustainability in 2024

Jan 23, 2025 - While SIPs have been setting the tone as an energy-efficient and durable product for decades, consumers are now driven towards green-conscious building materials at unprecedented levels. SIPA has always been transparent about promoting SIP building science and environmental data, and 2024 was no exception. Looking back at the year, SIPA assisted in key showcases, panels and industry verification processes to situate SIPs as the sustainable, proven and established building insulation material for the coming year. Open Newsletter

This Year Brings the Same SIP Content in a Fresh Newsletter Format

Jan 13, 2025 - The Structural Insulated Panel Association has migrated publication services for our high-traffic SelectSIPs Newsletter. With an audience of more than 60,000 individuals, this newsletter hones in on SIP-related news as well as industry innovations that trickle into SIP territory. Expect the same caliber of content in 2025 to be delivered with a fresh look in a format that’s easy to navigate and share with peers. Open Newsletter

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