Panelock Building Solutions
The Kit Home that really can change your world. Experience the benefits of building a Panelock Homes environmentally friendly , “Green” home with the innovative new Panelock Structural Insulated Panel modular building system. Heating and cooling accounts for over 40% of household energy use, making it the largest energy consumer in the family home, but a well designed, energy efficient home, requires very little energy to make it comfortable and not have to rely on mechanical heating and cooling. Panelock Building Solutions new 100mm Panelock Insulated Panel building system with BFC ( Bamboo Fibre Cement) Board each side of a solid core of expanded polystyrene foam addresses this problem, and keeps your family safe and comfortable. BFC board, one of the greenest building products on the planet, is used as both an internal and external cladding, and is as yet not well known on the Australian building scene, but with such an incredible list of advantages over many other widely used building products that will certainly soon change. BFC board is resistant to water, resistant to mould, resistant to insects , and is almost impenetrable by fire. Panelock’s insulated modular buildings not only save on energy bill’s for the life of the homes, the kits are delivered prefabricated, requiring no measuring, cutting and framing, reducing on site waste, and the cost of job site debris disposal. Air infiltration or air leakage in a home is responsible for 40 percent of heat or cooling loss in the average home, but our Insulated Panel Homes have routinely tested up to five times more airtight than wood framed homes with fibreglass insulation. Air infiltration poses more problems than just higher energy bills , as air that passes through fibreglass insulation often carries moisture which can cause hidden mould growth in wall cavities, and poor indoor air quality that can lead to health problems for occupants. The lighter weight of Structural Insulated Panels as a building material, contradicts their incredible strength as they share similar structural properties as an I-beam. The rigid insulation core acts as a web while the adhered sheathing or cladding fulfils the function of the flanges. A particular passion of Panelock Building Solutions is to provide homes that are difficult to ignite, and allow occupants more time to escape and a far greater chance of survival in case of accidental fires. In New South Wales alone in 2015 there were 4070 house fires resulting in 17 deaths and incredible tragedy and despair for many families. With the heat and flame resistant properties of our BFC panel lining , the structural integrity of the building stays intact, and together with the recently introduced, improved smoke alarm guidelines, hopefully many precious lives can be saved in the future with our Panelock building system. With this in mind, the time is right for adaptive strategies in future new building design , with particular attention to engineering design strength, use of more fire resistant construction materials, and minimizing air and noise pollution by constructing energy efficient, green buildings, that allow better control of indoor environmental conditions and reduce construction waste. Panelock buildings are truly homes of the future, that can change your world, addressing all the above and yet still offer a design simplicity for speed of construction by owner builders and registered builders alike with a modern stylish finish generally associated only with a master built home.
