April/May 2007
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Green Building: Easy and Inexpensive
Green Building: The Key to Future ICF Growth?
Green Building: ICC vs. LEED
Project Profile: Custom Home Runners-Up
2007 ICF Builder Award Contest Announced
Finding Qualified ICF Contractors
Technologies that Complement ICFs
Air Exchangers: Necessary Technology or Added Expense?
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Green Building: Easy and Inexpensive
NAHB spokesman Paul Lopez explains how green construction can be just as easy and inexpensive as traditional methods.
Green Building: The Key to Future ICF Growth?
As the green building movement sweeps across the continent, ICFs are well-positioned to capitalize on the trend.
Green Building: ICC vs. LEED
A number of trade organizations have established residential green building guidelines, and each is slightly different.
Project Profile: Custom Home Runners-Up
Both of these outstanding “green” homes were built by the same Minnesota ICF contractor.
2007 ICF Builder Award Contest Announced
The extremely popular “project of the year” competition is back again, and promises to be better than ever before.
Finding Qualified ICF Contractors
Part of a continuing series on the importance of proper ICF installation, Steve Reiter explains how professional installation-only crews take the hassle out of big ICF jobs.
Technologies that Complement ICFs
Take an in-depth look at some the products that can make ICF construction easier and more profitable.
Air Exchangers: Necessary Technology or Added Expense?
Well-known ICF experts Richard Rue and Mark Ross separate myth from fact on the topic of mechanical air handlers in residential ICF construction.
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As I See It: The Beauty of Green
ICF News Roundup
In the News: Energy Efficient Mortgages
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