| Are you aware that a new type of home exists that | | | | the walls of a home with ICF's can take one half of |
| is guaranteed to change the way you live? | | | | the time (or less) of conventional construction. |
| A home that is: | | | | The really good news is that now everyone can |
| 2X more energy efficient than a conventional | | | | afford to live in one of these homes; everyone who is |
| wood-framed home. | | | | concerned about future energy costs and their |
| 3X more sound resistant than a wood-framed wall. | | | | environment". |
| 4X more fire resistant than a wood-framed wall. | | | | The initial investment is only about 10% more than the |
| 9X stronger than a conventional wood-framed home. | | | | old way of building (wood-frame); but considerably less |
| It is a fact that today's well-informed homeowners are | | | | when you think of the long term costs of energy and |
| looking for newer, more efficient ways to build homes. | | | | maintenance. |
| They want strength, comfort and lower energy bills, | | | | Adding other energy efficient features, such as High |
| while also allowing for flexibility of design and lower | | | | Efficiency Tank-Less Water Heaters that can heat |
| future maintenance costs. Energy efficiency remains | | | | your whole house while giving you an endless stream |
| the quickest, cheapest and cleanest way to help lower | | | | of hot water; High Efficiency Low-E Argon Windows, |
| home energy bills. | | | | Heat Recovery Ventilators connected to an "Earth |
| Building technology has advanced greatly. Quality | | | | Energy" system that pre-conditions incoming air, and |
| builders are using ICF's (Insulated Concrete Forms) to | | | | Radiant Floor Heating which gives you the ultimate in |
| create homes that are safer, stronger and healthier | | | | comfort with body temperature heated floors, can |
| than ever before. This type of building is based on | | | | slash 50% off of a homeowner's monthly heating and |
| simple, interlocking, stacking "blocks" made from | | | | cooling bills. |
| flame-retardant expanded polystyrene (EPS) panels | | | | Gone are the days of buying a home for appearance |
| connected by molded-in high density polyethylene | | | | sake only. A little bit of effort and common sense can |
| structural foam bridging. Filled with concrete, these | | | | go a long way in making your home more |
| blocks create a monolithic wall with a minimum | | | | energy-efficient. New homebuyers are consciously |
| insulation value of R25; which then because of the | | | | choosing to make informed decisions concerning their |
| heat retaining properties of concrete increase their | | | | future and that of their family's future. They are turning |
| performance to R50. They also have a fire rating | | | | to homes which are more energy-efficient, and |
| which is just under four hours. In addition to all this, | | | | environmentally-friendly in addition to paying them |
| there is an added bonus of efficiency because building | | | | dividends for years to come. |