At Simpson Residential, we’re proud to offer energy-efficient homes built with advanced construction technology. We use SIPS (Structural Insulated Panels), a high-performance system featuring an insulated foam core sandwiched between two structural facings. In partnership with Formance, we’re delivering warmer, stronger, and more efficient buildings. Our team is excited to share the benefits of this next-generation building system with you.

For a home to give superior performance its essential to separate the interior and exterior environments well. One of the most critical elements of a sustainable home is the building envelope (the roof, external walls and the floor). You don’t have control of the outside environment; but with the right choices you can have control of the inside one.

Formance Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are a high performance building material for the ultimate sustainable home. They provide high insulation, high strength and a low eco footprint for your building envelope. The right material choice for ongoing high performance in hot and cold climatic zones anywhere in New Zealand.

The building envelope plays 4 key roles. STRUCTURAL, WEATHER-TIGHTNESS, THERMAL, VISUAL in order of importance.

Formance panels provide significant improvements in all areas compared to traditional construction methods, but the biggest difference is seen in the hugely increased thermal performance. Thermal performance has two components. Airtightness and Thermal Conductivity. Airtightness is measured in Air Changes Per Hour at 50pa of pressure and Thermal Conductivity is measured in R Value. 

Formance panels combine superior insulation with near-zero air leakage to maximise the performance of the building envelope. You will get:

• Reduced energy consumption.

• Lower energy bills.

• Up to 90 percent less air leakage than stick-framed structures.

• No thermal bridging or convection looping.

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