The Eco-Panels Blog

This past weekend Kansas saw more tornadoes in one day than they typically see in the entire month of April.  Article here.  And the weather extremes seem to be getting more and more extreme with every passing week. With the strongest structural insulated panel system...

It has been an amazing start for this year's weather.  Whether seismic events, a rash of tornadoes or a record number of high temperatures, extreme global conditions can affect even individual home-owners through high energy bills or most dramatically a destroyed...

Good for them.  McDonald's restaurants have announced that they will start phasing out polystyrene cups due to increasing health and sustainability concerns.  The vast majority of structural insulated panels - SIPs - use polystyrene foam insulation.  Eco-Panels are...

Last year was the "deadliest year in nearly a century" for tornadoes, and after seeing a more than 50% increase in tornado activity this year compared to last year, you have to wonder why people continue to build their homes with stick-built construction.  Building a...

The new 2012 building code being rolled out by the International Residential Code council (IRC) changes rather dramatically the building code requirements for how new homes are built and insulated.  See this great article from Green Building Advisor for a further...