Building with Wood Structural Panels is Good for Your Home and the Planet

Building with Wood Structural Panels is Good
for Your Home and the Planet
Wood is a sustainable resource for construction with many environmental benefits. However,
structural insulated panels (SIPs) made of wood have even more benefits. They’re more
environmentally-friendly, sustainable and cost-effective than natural wood and other products.
SIPs are made from wood veneers, solid wood, individual fibres and wood chips that are
reconstituted through manufacturing processes. These manufacturing processes are ecofriendly,
which produces an eco-friendly product, making structural panels made of wood a
great choice for the environment and your home.
Wood SIPs Offer Optimum Fire Protection
Wood structural panels react differently to fire than other products. In fact, it outperforms all
other products when it comes to fire protection. The density of wood SIPs makes buildings
constructed with them less susceptible to fire. Wood panels have natural thermal properties
that prevent heat from penetrating them. Besides that, the density of the product and the char
layer that wood forms as it combusts, slows down burning so much that it’s almost impossible
for SIPs to burn.
Produce Safer, More Sustainable Buildings
Structural panels made of wood can improve the performance of a building by making it more
energy efficient and sustainable. SIP buildings last longer because they’re resistant to fire, wood
burrowing pests, mold and mildew. Building with wood panels is up to 75% faster than building
with solid wood. So, a home can be constructed much faster using structural panels. However,
SIP homes last twice as long as homes made of traditional wood.
Wood panel R-Values also remain consistent throughout the life of the home. This also applies
to roofs constructed with roof panels. So, a structural wood roof panel can last twice as long as
one made of other materials.
Wood Panels Create Eco-Friendly and Energy-Efficient Homes
Homes constructed with wood panels are eco-friendly and energy efficient, but they’re also
easy to build. Hundreds of trees aren’t needed to construct a home when it’s made of wood
panels, making their eco footprint smaller. They also don’t require shingles, drywall, siding,
brick or any other product, so they go up faster than homes made with traditional materials.
Besides that, SIP homes can be up to four times more energy efficient than traditional homes.
Additionally, they also don’t release airborne particles, which can compromise indoor and
outdoor air quality. This is good for you and the planet.

At Advanced Panel, we offer wood-skinned structural panels that can be foam injected and will
reduce the amount of labour required for a project, as well as building times. For more
information on our wood structural panels, give us a call.