The Biggest SIP project in China ^_^ Moganshan, a bamboo mountain outside Hangzhou, a second-tier city two hours from Shanghai. Just below the mountain’s peak was a tiny, 14-person farming village called Shanjiuwu, the future site of luxury resort Naked Retreats (now Naked Home Village).
New Housing System (SIP) Get Pass in Earthquake Test at Cincinnati Lab!
Coming soon after the devastating December 26 tsunami that swept across South Asia, the successful test aroused wide interest in this new technology. The design has already been shown to be cost-effective and safe in fire and wind. It is also environmentally friendly because it uses no wood. FAS considers it could provide earthquake-resistant, energy-efficient housing at very low cost to millions living in seismically active regions such as Indonesia and Afghanistan. (FAS Public Interest Report, Fall 2004 p.10). |
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The "sustainable" house design being studied by the FAS Housing Technology Project will stay intact even when it is shaken by forces larger than the strongest known earthquake. This was the result of a live shake table test held on January 19 at the Trentec laboratory in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Seismic Evaluation of SIPs.pdf
Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) achieved a major milestone in their history May 22, 2007 when the International Code Council (ICC) voted to adopt the building system into the International Residential Code (IRC), Section R614. Builders wishing to use SIP walls in residential projects in jurisdictions that have adopted the IRC will not need to show equivalency to the IRC through additional engineering. SIP walls are included in the IRC for buildings that are no greater than 60 feet in length, 40 feet in width, and two stories high.
