ICE Panels offer the biggest savings for dollars spent when building towards energy efficiency goals. In this blog we will review some of the ways ICE Panels provide substantial savings for both the builder and the homeowner.
Low Cost per R-Value: Conserving energy is the easiest and most obvious way to lower your monthly bill. While traditional construction methods have worked in the past, a home built today should have lower utility costs than the mortgage payment. To compare the performance of different wall options, you’ll find that the ICE Panel starts where the others end. If you’re going to build a comparable wall to the ICE Panel, you’ll quickly find that the ICE Panel cost per R-value is the lowest in the industry. With typical 2″ x 6″ wood framed walls the effective R-value is 13 – 14.5, whereas with ICE Panels the effective R-value is anywhere between 22 and 44, depending on the ICE Panel thickness used for the project.
Continuous Energy Efficiency: Thermal bridging is responsible for a significant amount of heat loss through a traditionally built envelope. ICE Panels are thermally broken. This means that no air will enter the building through the walls, providing a highly efficient building envelope, saving money on utilities each month.
More Useable Space: Using ICE Panels to build your energy efficient home allows you to achieve higher thermal performance with a thinner wall. This means that for the same footprint, you end up with additional square footage in your home. It adds up quickly. More space equals higher resale value.
Less On-site Waste: Reducing the amount of material sent to a landfill will reduce your construction costs, and will also reduce time spent on job-site cleanup. This benefit is often overlooked when calculating savings to your project on site.
With typical 2″ x 6″ wood framed walls the effective R-value is 13 – 14.5, whereas with ICE Panels the effective R-value is anywhere between 22 and 44, depending on the ICE Panel thickness used for the project.
Reduced Construction Heating: Heating a project in cold climates is expensive. By choosing ICE Panels, your building envelope is delivered on-site pre-insulated and vapour tight, getting your building to operational heating capacity at a fraction of the price. One of our large scale northern projects located in the frigid Nunavut weather only needed one temporary site heater to keep a 27,000 sqft space warm. This speaks volumes to one of the main benefits of ICE Panels — it takes far less energy to keep the space warm.
Rebates & Incentives: ICE Panels make a significant contribution in qualifying for new construction rebates and incentives. ICE Panels have been used to achieve Step 5 of the BC Energy Step Code, where projects can qualify for up to $10,000 per unit. Working with an energy advisor, an accurate projection can be created to show exactly how much energy your building will conserve by using an ICE Panel building envelope.
If you’d like to learn more about the benefits of building with ICE Panels, connect with us by calling 204-726-1426 or email info@gsbp.ca.
