« Q: Is a SIP a « green building product? »
A: SIP homes require considerably less framing lumber than a conventionally framed home. Note too that 95% of a tree can be used when it is cut into wood chips to make OSB for SIP facings, vs. 63% of a tree when it’s sawn into solid lumber. SIP homes pre-cut in the factory mean less job-site waste is shipped to the landfill and more of it is recycled at the factory. While it several times more energy to make foam than fiberglass, and the foam itself is a petroleum product, lifetime savings in heating and cooling requirements will offset this difference in favor of the SIP home. »

• Conclusion rapide: L’éco-construction n’est pas encore au point de l’autre côté de la mare.
  Relativisons, car le pays qui a inventé la maison en paille a plus d’un tour dans son sac.
  Domaine à creuser! Première pistes: greenbuilder, Oikos (No-Flush Waterless Urinal )
• Insulating concrete forms (ICF)
• structural insulated panels (SIP) (.pdf: Rotting SIP roofs in Juneau)
• la norme (US) LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System®
• une recension (sur un site payant) du logiciel BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability)
• la norme (UK) BREAM (achat papier)
• la norme (AUS) Green Star (via wikipedia)