FORT WORTH, Texas — Here’s a concrete solution for shocking energy bills: a foam home. There’s no cooler option, according to Matt McCoy, a Wimberley, Texas, resident who lives in one. “I live in a ...

Concrete homes are common worldwide but less familiar in the U.S., raising questions about their cost, construction, and long ...

On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Q. Hello, Tim. I was doing research about house foundations and came across interlocking foam forms that stack on top of one another. They assemble much like children’s plastic blocks. Does a concrete ...

They have their virtues, but concrete and petrochemical sandwiches shouldn't be on the green building menu. Insulated Concrete Forms are a clever building system where two slabs of insulating foam are ...

GREENLAND, N.H., Feb. 27, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- With cold temperatures still abundant across the United States, builders can successfully utilize insulated concrete form (ICF) construction to overcome ...

Insulating concrete forms, or ICFs, are forms used to hold fresh concrete that remain in place permanently to provide insulation for the structure they enclose. Originally used predominantly in single ...

Question: In a conversation with a builder last week, I was asked how I plan to provide a foundation that meets the minimum requirements for insulation. My initial response was “Why?”, since we’ve ...

The T-form, Reward Wall Systems’ latest insulating concrete form, is designed for use with the company’s iForm to make construction of interior demising walls more efficient. Like the rest of the ...

Hurricanes. Tornadoes. Oppressive heat. Bone chilling cold. Sooner or later, every home in the United States will be affected by at least one of these weather conditions. But there's a home ...