Start with the Building Envelope

I was talking with a LEED professional the other day and was glad to hear him say that when speaking with builders that talk about wanting to put PV panels on the roof, or digging up the front yard for a geo-thermal heating system, or solar thermal water heating, he...

More Extreme Weather – Tornadoes in NYC

This weekend we saw more extreme weather, this time spawning multiple tornadoes in New York City.  As this article states, tornadoes used to be a very rare event in the NYC area, but now not uncommon. Because of our superior strength building envelope, Eco-Panels has...

Affordable Housing? NO! Affordable Living!

I cringe when I see affordable housing developments going up using virtually the same building materials used in the 1960s.  We see the same cheap stick-built (wood or steel) methods of construction used in almost all parts of our country.  The builders have a pretty...

The Truth About “Ballistic SIPs”

I noticed in passing over another website the other day a company hyping their “proprietary” or “unique” ballistic sips, or structural insulated panels.  As you may or may not know, a “sip” is a building panel that contains the...

And Now For Something Completely Different

Eco-Panels manufactures the most advanced SIPs on the market today.  Yet a love of science and technology – eventually leading to my degree in applied physics – started way back before I ever knew about building science.  I remember Mr. Wizard well –...