ICF
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ICF Foundation with Stick-Framed Walls
A combination of standard building materials and applied building science yields adaptable, replicable, energy-smart assemblies
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Can This Be a Pretty Good House?
An owner-builder sweats the details in a house built with insulated concrete forms
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Blue Heron EcoHaus: Making an ICF Foundation
This brand of insulated concrete forms has only one foam face, complicating the assembly
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A Tinkerer’s Quest for Green Perfection
A Vermont couple builds a retirement home bristling with new technology, but they find it’s never too late to experiment
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Foundations — Part 2
Do you really need to have a basement? Fine — then we had better talk about the right way to build one
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Net-Zero Communities Sprout in New York
Tired of conventional construction, a Hudson River Valley builder turns to insulating concrete forms and airtight building envelopes
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All About Thermal Mass
Interior thermal mass can sometimes help lower energy costs — but in cold climates, it’s won’t help much
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Placing Concrete In Our ICF Foundation Walls
To keep your ICF walls plumb, don’t skimp on the bracing
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