Engineers Corner: ICF Construction Is A Great Way To Achieve Green Building
The theme for this edition of ICF Builder is green building. This is a term we hear a lot of these...
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Category: Energy Efficiency
An ICF House Proves Its Strength Over Decades
Terri Jean Smith, a resident of Fort Morgan, Alabama, on the top of a tiny peninsula in Mobile...
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Intro to ICFs and Alternative ICFs
People need to be aware of all alternative building products. Because we are all better than...
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Starting and Growing a Successful ICF Business (Part II)
This article is adapted from a presentation made at the 2017 ICF Summit titled “Building Your...
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Benefits of Living in an ICF Home
When the heat or A/C goes out, ICF homes will maintain steady room temperature far longer than any...
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ICFs and the Passive House Movement
The number of passive buildings in North America has increased more than six times over in the...
Read MoreLab Notes: Thermal Performance of ICF Walls
The thermal performance of insulated concrete form (ICF) walls has been a long-debated topic amongst building industry leaders. ICF companies have touted their performance while cavity wall proponents have argued that their...
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Green ICFs in the Commercial Sector
Built to LEED Platinum standards, CMTA office building is a recent example of sustainable...
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Technology for Zero Energy Homes
Over the past decade, Zero Energy (ZE) homes have quietly gone from research to reality—and...
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Reaching LEED- Platinum with ICFs
Built in 2008, this 2,700 sq. ft. spec home built in North Carolina is likely the first...
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Heat Transfer
Houses constructed with commercially available ICFs have a greater resistance to heat transfer...
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The New LEED
Fire Station 108 in Las Vegas, Nev., is one of a handful of commercial ICF projects that have...
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