Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. PREFABULOUS FOR EVERYONE will be released April 18th 2023. Although structural insulated panel (SIPs) houses still only account ...

As an architect, I’ve been using structural insulated panels (SIPs) since 1992, when they were relatively new. Since then, I’ve designed several hundred residential and commercial projects using SIPs.

When the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) bid out the new California Health Care Facility inmate hospital to be built in Stockton, California, it was apparent that ...