Building a Green Future: Harnessing the Power of Resilient & Energy-Efficient Design
By Frank Gordon, Assoc. AIA, VP of Strategic Development, BuildBlock Building Systems In the face...
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Category: Energy Efficiency
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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An ICF House Proves Its Strength Over Decades
By Vanessa Salvia Terri Jean Smith, a resident of Fort Morgan, Alabama, on the top of a tiny...
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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 Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, is a residential home and ranch house built with ICFs by SuperForm Products Ltd. The Ranch was the 2nd Runner Up winner in the Unlimited Residential category and also won the People’s Choice award in the 2024 ICF Builder Awards. Read more:
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The Ranch Jan 24, 2024 | Current Issue, Unlimited Residential 2024 Unlimited Residential2nd Runner Up & People’s Choice Winner The Ranch in southern Alberta, Canada, is a residential home and ranch ...
The Lighthouse is a condominium in Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada built using Amvic ICFs by Alleguard. The team says two months of work time were saved by ICFs allowing the team to work through the northern Ontario winters, with no additional cost. View the project here: www.icfmag.com/2024/01/the-lighthouse/
"Year after year the ICF Builder Awards continues to grow and becomes the highlight of my week at World of Concrete. I’m not a car�guy, but I imagine it’s sort of like going to a car show amongst fellow gearheads." -Trevor Brown![]()
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Read more: www.icfmag.com/2025/03/and-the-winner-is/
The March/April issue of ICF Builder Magazine is out now. Come check out the 2025 ICF Builder Award winners. Visit buff.ly/1o0r8B5 for a preview of the issue.
From the 1970s to now conventional building materials have certainly evolved. We look at the evolution of ICFs over the last 55 years. Read more here: buff.ly/4ib3TxH
