The Eco-Panels Blog
Seismic Resistant Single Piece Insulated Corner Panel
On of the weakest parts of a home is where two walls come together –This can be a huge problem in seismic and high wind regions Our patented (US) and patent pending (US, International) single piece corner panel –Eliminates the weak point where two walls come...
June 2011 NY Times Article – Styrenes In Building Insulation Bad – Possible Carcinogen
One more article on why we believe building a home out of polystyrene panels could be dangerous to your health. For a variety of reasons it's crazy to us that the vast majority of SIPs sold in the US are made of polystyrene given the lower insulation values, presence...
Record Breaking Energy Performance
Eco-Panels recently assisted a homeowner build his home that obtained record-breaking energy rating numbers. Here are excerpts from our marketing flyer. International and National Green Building Programs Envelope Leakage Standards Compared to Prototype Home Built...
Styrene Among Top Suspected Carcinogens – American Cancer Society
This recent article - Top 5 Suspected Everyday Carcinogens in the American Cancer Society's Scary New Report - issued in July of 2010, notes that styrene, the primary component in expanded polystyrene or EPS (Dow trade name Styrofoam), is a leading suspected...
Eco-Panels in the Caribbean – Again
After our work last year for Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans we progressed on to the beautiful island of St. John in the U.S. Virgin Islands. After years of competitive product evaluation, Stanley Selengut, known as "the...