Concrete home and insulated concrete form (ICF) construction methods are one of the most wind-, fire-, and water-resistant building methods of the modern era as well as the green building movement. If you’ve been watching the news about Florida’s devastating category...
Active solar design uses outside energy and equipment—like electricity and solar panels—to help capture and utilize the energy of the sun. Passive solar design doesn't use any outside energy or require much special equipment, but simply takes advantage of existing...
Besides insulated concrete forms (ICFs), the other extremely effective system for green home design and commercial green building is structurally insulated panels (SIPs). SIPs consist of two layers of a structural skin sandwiching a rigid foam panel in the middle. SIP...
The best option for new green home design and commercial green buildings is insulated concrete forms (ICF). An ICF is a sandwich of expanded polystyrene foam on both sides which create the forms for the concrete. Then the concrete is poured into the forms. The foam...
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