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Life Cycle Benefits of SIPs

When choosing R-Control SIPs you are getting a material with built-in features that provide environmental benefits. Building materials and their impact on the environment should be considered over the full life of the building structure. This is considered the ”life cycle” of the building. This includes inventorying the cost to the environment from material production, transportation, installation, use, and end of life reuse, recycling, or disposal. Research has shown that for both residential buildings and commercial buildings that operations contribute to over 90% of the building’s impact on global warming. Reducing energy use is the best way to reduce our impact on the environment.

The energy savings from R-Control SIP structures can translate into emission reductions of tons of carbon dioxide per year.

R-Control SIPs improve the energy efficiency over the full operating life of the building resulting in a positive impact on the environment.

R-Control SIP Materials

R-Control SIPs reduce their impact on the environment by using component materials that are earth friendly:

• The wood facings are from rapidly renewable wood species
• Foam-Control EPS does not contain CFCs, HFCs, HCFC’s
• R-Control SIP construction minimizes the use of traditional lumber
• The Foam-Control EPS is fully recyclable
• Waste is minimized by providing factory fabrication of complete building packages