May from ISA passed on a link to a site where a couple is blogging about their process of designing and building a SIP/Modular Hybrid home. The site is www.GouinGreen.com and is meant to be a play on “Goin’ Green” as the couple’s last name is Gouin.
The couple has gone through a very similar process as we have here at 100K but they have the added complexity of coordinating the home to be built by a modular construction company using SIPs from a Pennsylvania vendor. Their home is being placed in Massachusetts and some of the features are as follows:
- ~3,000 sf
- R40 Poly SIPs
- Alpen high performance windows
- Geothermal Ground Source Heat Pump HVAC
- Ultimate Air 200 DX ERV (Same as we will most likely use)
- HERS rating of ~40 prior to renewable installations
These are just some of the features. The couple is now trying to get their building permits complete. Check out their site for more info. I have exchanged a few emails with them and they’re nice people. They have also been added to our blogroll.
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There is a SIP/Modular hybrid near Grove City, PA that was completed late last year and is currently occupied. The home was manufactured by Pengrove Building Systems near Knox, PA using SureTight Panels.
If this is true, great! This means it will work.
We’ll only be able to say we are the first to build with R40 SIPs.
I see nothing on the Pengrove website indicating that they did, or now offer a SIP/modular product. Perhaps I will give them a call. I thought we were pretty thorough in our research when trying to get someone to built this house for us, but we may have missed something.
Thanks,
Ed Gouin
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