Residential Walls and Foundations: Improving the Thermal Envelope
This guide compares Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs) with other forms used in above grade (walls) and below grade applications (foundations). Key factors in selecting the best system for your home are identified.Type: Guide
Sponsor: Fox Blocks
Effects of the Thermal Envelope on Home Energy Efficiency
What's a thermal envelope? The thermal envelope is, according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, everything about the house that serves to shield the living space from the outdoors. This white paper explores some of the building science behind creating an excellent thermal envelope for your home.Type: White Paper
Sponsor: Fox Blocks
Creating a Building Envelope That Beats Code
In order to build a high performance home, builders need to embrace new technologies and techniques. The results can be greatly improved over traditional approaches. This white paper takes a look at some of the top things homebuilders should consider in choosing a wall system for the best building envelope.Type: White Paper
Sponsor: Fox Blocks
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ICFs Chosen for Luxury Beach House
The architects were given a brief to create a large residence with discrete bedroom and living circulation.
Energy Management: Proud Green Home of Louisville
One of the top goals of the Proud Green Home of Louisville was to create a highly energy efficient yet very livable home.
ICFs Meet Demand for Resilient Homes
High tech concrete forms have proven technologies to make building easier and faster.
Resource Emerges for Tiny House DIY-ers (Video)
So appealing is the tiny house, that many adventurous DIY-ers have set out to build their own tiny home.
Affordable Housing Winner Built With SIPs (Video)
With dramatic 12 foot ceilings, this energy-efficient home exemplifies an energy-efficient modern design made possible with SIPs.
SIPs Building Excellence Winners Announced
The awards reflect the judges' evaluation of projects on four criteria.
ICFs Create High Performance Schools
Kentucky is leading the nation in the construction of energy-saving public schools and insulated concrete form construction has been a big part of that push. Fox Blocks ICFs were used in the award-winning Glasgow High School that opened in 2012, and now the Kingsolver-Pierce Elementary School, at Ft.ICFs Deliver a Good Foundation
If you'd like to build an energy-efficient home, start with a good foundation -- an ICF foundation.
First Cross Laminated Timber Building Rising in New York
CLT construction is an economically and environmentally conscious alternative to steel and concrete construction.
Do You Know the Benefits of an ICF Home?
Homes built with ICF walls require about 44 percent less energy to heat and 32 percent less energy to cool than a comparable wood-frame house.
SIPs "Go Gray": Graphite Polystyrene Insulating Cores
Building professionals typically use SIPs for more energy efficient construction, whether required by stringent energy codes or homeowners’ desire to reduce energy costs.
Sheathing System Cuts Home Building Time and Boosts Building Envelope Sealing
On a residential or commercial building site, time equals money, so building professionals are interested in shortening the process while maintaining quality.
Prefab Wood Elements Speed Up Construction Times And Cuts Risks
Using wood elements allows faster building turnaround, leading to more profitable construction projects and shorter investment payback times.
LEED Platinum Prefab Model Rated for Hurricane Zones (video)
Construction crews can install the modular home in one day because it is 90 percent built in a Central Florida manufacturing plant.
First All CLT Building Rises in New York (video)
CLTs have proved to perform as well, and at times better than, carbon heavy steel and concrete.See More »
