by Charles Leahy | Jun 12, 2011 | Blog
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,...
by Charles Leahy | Nov 19, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Charles Leahy | Jul 19, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Charles Leahy | Jun 29, 2010 | Blog
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...
by Charles Leahy | Nov 19, 2009 | Blog
I saw yesterday that another area solar company recently recevied grants from the federal government. I’m happy for them. Really. But I’m curious to know how many people have “done the math” on the return on investment of installing a...
by Charles Leahy | Mar 31, 2009 | Blog
Last week Eco-Panels manufactured a first for us – and as best we can tell for the rest of the industry – a structural and insulated panel offering an R value of more than 60! (actually topping in around R64 at minimal temp). This panel, measuring...
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