Strength Meets Sustainability
Timber Home Living|October 2017

What SIPs mean for your timber home

Strength Meets Sustainability

One of the many things that makes a timber frame home so appealing to the modern homeowner — besides its incomparable beauty — is the sustainability and energy efficiency that timber framing affords. Green building practices paired with the use of structural insulated panels (SIPs) offer maximum energy efficiency and added strength by providing a tight building envelope that works well with timber frame materials.

This story is from the October 2017 edition of Timber Home Living.

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This story is from the October 2017 edition of Timber Home Living.

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