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A great article on Green Building Advisor

7 Design Principles for Healthy Homes
By Amy Ellison Ostberg and Michelle Roberts
Published in Design Trends May/June 2008

BASF Study Shows Building with SIPs Reduces Framing Construction Labor by 55 Percent

Building Design Process
Structures NW Report

Solar Building Envelopes
By Patrick Sughrue (Structures NW)
Published in 2004 Green & Solar Homes Oregon

The Carsten Home
Published in Home Power
February/March 2008 Edition (123)

Building with SIPs
By Patrick Sughrue (Structures NW)
Published in Home Power
April/May 2005 Edition (106)

ICFs and SIPs Saving Green on Insulation
By Jessica Krippendorf
Published in The Trowel February/March 2008

SIPs Prescriptive Path
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Office of Policy Development and Research

From the Tailgate: Keeping Score
By Ron Jones
Published in GreenBuilder March 2008

Brochures

SIP Product Guide (1.1MB PDF)

Oregon High Performance Home Brochure (72 KB)

Details


Nail Base Detail
       

Surface Spline Connection

Dimensional Lumber Spline

Eave

Eave with Soffit

Eave with Soffit (Framed)

Eave (short)

Foundation Connection
Foundation Connection (Built above floor)
Opening Wrap

Ridge (with cap)

Ridge (without cap)

Second Story Floor (hangers)

Second Story Floor (rim board)

Slab on Grade

Valley

Wall (beveled top plate)

Wall (beveled blocking)

Wall (with wedge infill piece)

Wall-to-wall and wall-to-roof panel connection