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HowTo: Be Environmentally Responsible
By Tom Patton
ICFs provide a number of key features that address all the elements of environmental responsibility. Each one is a selling point and consideration for designers, contractors, and the residents.

Engineer’s Corner: ICF Construction Is A Great Way To Achieve Green Building

By Dave Gowers
Without exception, ICF construction helps enormously to reduce demand on essential resources when compared with more typical construction methods.

From the ICFMA: Six Ways ICFs Are Truly Green

By Brian Corder
There are six common areas we can use to evaluate building materials and more specifically ICFs: energy efficiency, water conservation, sustainable materials, indoor air quality, site selection, and waste reduction.

Design Perspectives: Defining ICF’s Identity
By Trevor Brown
For many years now insulated concrete forms have struggled with their identity. ICFs are arguably the most green product you can build with, and here’s why.

Project Profile:Mayura Manor
Mayura Manor in Winter Park, Florida, is a custom home completed in June 2022. The home has 4,330 square feet of conditioned space along with a 280-square-foot swimming pool.

Project Profile: Roten & Co. Insurance Office
The Roten & Co. Insurance Office in San Antonio, Texas, is a 4,020-square-foot office which gets high marks for sustainability and also received the first ICF-related utility rebate in San Antonio.

Project Profile: Zero Place
Zero Place in New Paltz, New York, is a large, four-story structure including 8,400 square feet of retail on the first floor and 46 one- and two-bedroom residential units on floors two, three, and four.

IN THIS ISSUE

Design Perspectives: Defining ICF’s Identity as a Green Material

Design Perspectives: Defining ICF’s Identity as a Green Material

The “Heaven on 11” home in McCall, Idaho, was designed by Innovative Drafting & Design LLC. It was built in an area that receives up to 300 inches of annual snowfall and is also in a high fire danger area. For many years now, insulated concrete forms have...

From the ICFMA: Six Ways ICFs Are Truly Green

From the ICFMA: Six Ways ICFs Are Truly Green

An aerial view of 2021 Habitat for Humanity homes in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Two are ICFs and one is wood. Green building is one of those catch-all phrases that means something different to everyone. The clearest definition of green building is a process to minimize the...

How To Be Environmentally Responsible

How To Be Environmentally Responsible

Everyone is very conscious of and can see the influence of climate change, with the frequency of weather events creating havoc on our way of life and structures we live in and use. The incentives to build green, which were developed more than 10 years ago, are...

ICF Tips & Tricks 324: Concrete’s Magic Number

ICF Tips & Tricks 324: Concrete’s Magic Number

Can you tell me again what is the concrete square feet per yard for a 12-inch core wall? If you’ve been distributing or installing ICF for a while, I’m willing to bet you’ve been asked the following: “Can you tell me again what is the concrete square feet per yard for...

May/June 2023 News

May/June 2023 News

The Concrete Foundations Association (CFA) announced the development of what’s commonly known as a “young professionals” or “YP” group. With many CFA member companies being multigenerational, this new Emerging Leaders group provides space for the new generation to...

Zero Place

Zero Place

2023 MultiFamily-Low RiseWinner Zero Place in New Paltz, New York, is a mixed-use building consisting of retail, apartments, and amenities, built using Fox Blocks by Airlite Plastics Co. The nearly 63,000 square foot building was completed in March 2022 for a total...

Roten Insurance Office

Roten Insurance Office

2023 Light Commercial Winner The Roten & Co. Insurance Office in San Antonio, Texas, is a 4,020-square-foot office with a 1,630-square-foot mezzanine all constructed of Amvic ICFs. Stacking of the ICF took only six days out of a total construction time of 30...

Mayura Manor

Mayura Manor

2023 Large ResidentialWinner Mayura Manor in Winter Park, Florida, is a custom home built using Fox Blocks by Airlite Plastics Co. Completed in June 2022, the home has 4,330 square feet of conditioned space along with a 280-square-foot swimming pool."The top priority...

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