Eco Footprint

The new buzzword in the construction industry is GREEN. and with good reason. The construction practices of the past are simply unsatisfactory for the world of today - and tomorrow.

It's more important than ever that we conserve natural resources and reduce waste and pollution. There are countless reasons why we should do every thing we can to protect the environment.

ICFs not only offer the owners and tenants unbeatable benefits, but they’re also environmentally responsible.

• Building an ICF home instead of traditional stick frame home saves at least 10 trees.
• The enormous reduction in energy use — 32% to 44%* — saves our natural resources.
• The energy savings also result in less carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere on an ongoing basis.
• ICF blocks result in less construction waste.
  
• ICFs contain no HCFC, formaldehyde, asbestos, or fiberglass, and no harmful CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) are used in their manufacture, nor is there any degree of "off-gassing."
• Neither polystyrene nor concrete will ever rot or rust. Reinforcing steel, buried deep inside and protected by concrete's alkalinity, does not corrode