Portland Cement Association posted about this proposed act to encourage more disaster resilient structures. While the details are minimal right now, the concept is there. See excerpt below and click the link to sign a petition if you are interested in emailing your congressmen to support this piece of legislation. HR 5839: Disaster Savings and Read more »
Posted: December 10, 2012 in From the Field, Lets Get Technical!, Unique Trends, with 0 Comments
Our Country is about as inept as passing legislation through, whether you agree with it or not, as we have ever been in our history. So am I wrong to read these positive bipartisan (whoa, whats that?) legislative bills that have recently been introduced and have a feeling they will just wither away as a Read more »
Posted: November 11, 2011 in Marketing, Unique Trends, with 2 Comments
Welcome back to this project profile of Devoted Builders and their Mediterranean town homes in Washington. Last time we spoke of the products that were used in constructing the ICF homes and also gave a quick ICF project scope and summary. Cost and Savings Using Insulated Concrete Forms There were many upgrades given to these Read more »
Posted: October 5, 2011 in Distributor Spotlight, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Last time, I introduced you to Devoted Builders who has been building ENERGY STAR homes now for 5+ years. He has already built the majority of the ICF units, and is currently finishing up the last 30% of the 230 ICF homes. Each home is equipped with high-tech and high-quality materials- from the ICF walls, Read more »
Posted: September 13, 2011 in Distributor Spotlight, From the Field, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
Northwest Insulating Concrete Form Builder Devoted Builders’ Fred Giacci, has been a long time customer of Reward Wall Systems and is a very experienced builder when it comes to building sustainable homes. He was the first builder in his area to start using insulating concrete forms in 2002, and since 2006 he made the commitment Read more »
Posted: September 2, 2011 in Distributor Spotlight, From the Field, Project Showcase, with 0 Comments
We field numerous questions everyday on the array of benefits by building an Insulating Concrete Form house or building. Besides the tangible benefits of the building owner- like the 50%- 80% energy savings, protection from natural disasters, etc -there are some other benefits to building green. There are a lot of misconceptions on the government’s Read more »
Posted: July 21, 2009 in From the Field, with 2 Comments