The Eco-Panels Blog
Most Energy Efficient Home in America?
Most all stick-built homes today have an R-value of approx 4 or 5 for around 50% of the building envelope! This is because the "framing factor" - or the amount of wood framing cutting through the walls & roof and floor of the house amounts to about 25% of the...
$47 Energy Bill in South Carolina in the Summer!
Earlier this year Eco-Panels had the pleasure of working with Donald "Don" Cerra of Cerra Homes out of Aiken, South Carolina, part of the up-state region bordering on northern Georgia. Don impressed us with his commitment to "green" yet sensible home construction. We...
Nice meeting with a fire captain
All the time we host interested potential clients to visit our factory and yesterday we had the honor of hosting a fire department captain - who also works as a builder on his off-shift days - looking to build a couple of buildings himself - from a garage/workshop to...
Of Tornadoes and Organic Weed Killer….
Our thoughts are with those in the mid-west - Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Kentucky and Iowa - for the recent spate of tornadoes. It's that time of year again, and we still can't help but wonder why people start new construction or rebuild with traditional stick...
Expectations
I want to thank the industry and our own team for making Eco-Panels the premier structural insulated panel manufacturer on the market today. We can show you how we have the most advanced insulated panel system - and I sure wish more homes in tornado or seismic prone...