Energy Efficiency

Fabcon panels have been engineered to lower heating costs while maintaining structural integrity. They offer dramatic advantages over both masonry and conventional sandwich panels.

How big a difference? It depends on a number of factors, including how you measure R-Values. While Fabcon can claim a higher R-Value using even the simplest, most common way of determining R-Value, its superiority is even more dramatic when you factor in lateral and transverse heat loss through the "thermal bridges" built into sandwich panels. And our new VersaCore? panels offer even greater energy savings.

Mass walls absorb heat from the buildings' interior and store it, thus tempering exterior variations in temperature. According to the 2000 International Energy Conservation Code, Fabcon's R-value of 12 for an 8" panel is the equivalent of a 9.6 R-Value in a non-thermal mass wall for a typical Midwest climate for a 12" sandwich panel. Fabcon's advantage over brand X is the ability to store 2 1/2 times the room temperature heat as shown below. The diagram illustrates the temperature variance within walls and their ability to hold heat/cool.