{"id":2746,"date":"2012-10-03T12:51:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-03T12:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/?p=2746"},"modified":"2013-07-31T16:35:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T16:35:06","slug":"sips-cost-less-over-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/sips-cost-less-over-time\/","title":{"rendered":"SIPs cost less over time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of the SIPs for a\u00a01000-sq.-ft. house built in\u00a0West Virginia in 2005 was\u00a0$13,500. That\u2019s more than\u00a0double the cost of framing\u00a0lumber and insulation for\u00a0a like-size house built with\u00a0stud framing. However,\u00a0the final project cost was\u00a0$110,000, so adjusting\u00a0for a less-expensive HVAC\u00a0system, the homeowners\u00a0paid only a 6% premium\u00a0for SIPs. \u00a0With tax breaks\u00a0(www.energystar.gov)\u00a0and reduced heating and\u00a0cooling loads, SIPs cost less over time with the savings\u00a0averaged $120 per\u00a0month. After two years\u00a0and eight months, the\u00a0homeowners broke even\u00a0on their investment. If\u00a0they live in the home for\u00a010 more years, they will\u00a0have an overall savings\u00a0of $14,400. If they put\u00a0the money back into their\u00a0mortgage, the 30-year\u00a0term would be reduced\u00a0to 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cost of the SIPs for a\u00a01000-sq.-ft. house built in\u00a0West Virginia in 2005 was\u00a0$13,500. That\u2019s more than\u00a0double the cost of framing\u00a0lumber and insulation for\u00a0a like-size house built with\u00a0stud framing. However,\u00a0the final project cost was\u00a0$110,000, so adjusting\u00a0for a less-expensive HVAC\u00a0system, the homeowners\u00a0paid only a 6% premium\u00a0for SIPs. \u00a0With tax breaks\u00a0(www.energystar.gov)\u00a0and reduced heating and\u00a0cooling loads, SIPs cost [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[21],"tags":[39,38,103,35,242],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sipsupply.com\/sip-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}