As a follow-up to our first Sustainable Church post, Tom R was able to visit with a few more in his area. All of them thoroughly believed in the benefits of Reward insulating concrete forms and the green building initiatives of the churches. Tim Miller, who GC’d the Portage Community Chapel in Portage, OH was Read more »
Posted: November 6, 2009 in Project Showcase, Unique Trends, with 0 Comments
One market where ICFs have had significant activity recently is in the construction of new churches and religious buildings. In a particular market area, we have 5 projects currently under construction and a number of others in the works. As of this writing, The Hopevale Church in Michigan, the New Beginnings United Methodist Church in Read more »
Posted: October 27, 2009 in From the Field, Project Showcase, Unique Trends, with 0 Comments
It’s one thing to say that a house built with insulating concrete forms (ICFs) is energy efficient, but it’s quite another to be able to visually prove it. Thermal imaging is a type of infrared imaging science. Thermographic cameras detect radiation in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum (roughly 900–14,000 nanometers or 0.9–14 μm) Read more »
Posted: September 8, 2009 in From the Field, with 2 Comments
Materials and Resources (MR): This LEED topic covers recycling building materials, and reducing construction waste and using regional materials within a 500 mile radius. Credit Title NC Schools CS MR Credit 2 Construction Waste Management 1-2 1-2 1-2 MR Credit 4 Recycled Content 1-2 1-2 1-2 MR Credit 5 Regional Materials 1-2 1-2 1-2 Under Read more »
Posted: August 13, 2009 in Lets Get Technical!, with 2 Comments
Reward Wall Systems designed and created NoricF4™ Custom Metal ICF Frames for doors and windows, to further enhance the building envelope required by commercial Insulating Concrete Form (ICF) construction. For your customized quote call Reward today, 1-800-468-6344 The NoricF4 is a pre-assembled, 14 gauge steel, 2-in-1 custom metal frame that combines the buck and the Read more »
Posted: June 30, 2009 in Product Announcement, with 0 Comments
Energy Efficiency is more than R-value. Superior walls are more than R-value. When people reference R-value in deciding on what types of building materials to use, ultimately what everyone is interested in is energy efficiency, and what impact certain materials will have on R-value. Energy efficiency is determined by several factors such as the walls, Read more »
Posted: June 26, 2009 in Lets Get Technical!, with 2 Comments
On May 19th, Cemstone Products Co and Reward hosted our first ever Sustainable Design Conference in Burnsville, MN, in order to educate the surrounding community of architects and building designers/planners on using insulating concrete forms (ICFs) to maintain the new green building standards of design. There is much buzz on that topic, so luckily I do Read more »
Posted: June 23, 2009 in From the Field, with 0 Comments