May/June 2016
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Heat Transfer and ICF Walls
Reaching LEED-Platinum with ICFs
Project Profile: Ecologia Montreal
Project Profile: Palermo Vista
Project Profile: Park City Film Studios
Overcoming Contractor Challenges, Part 2
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Heat Transfer and ICF Walls
By Larry Reid
A technical look at how heat moves through the ICF wall assembly, and why they perform so much better than simple R-Value ratings indicate.
Reaching LEED-Platinum with ICFs
To achieve the highest level of green building certification, Insulated Concrete Forms are increasingly becoming the wall system of choice.
Project Profile: Ecologia Montreal
This cutting-edge home is the first LEED-Platinum home in Quebec, and has received extensive media coverage for its exceptionally efficient technology and avant-garde design aesthetic.
Project Profile: Palermo Vista
Consisting of sixteen duplex-style townhomes, this stunning ICF development set new standards for sustainability, certified as LEED-Platinum. ICFs also helped simplify construction challenges.
Project Profile: Park City Film Studios
With fifty-foot tall walls, an incredibly tight construction schedule, and remarkable acoustics, this Utah sound stage facility generates green, while being green.
Overcoming Contractor Challenges, Part 2
By Pieter VanderWerf
The author surveyed 15 experienced ICF contractors on the industry’s biggest challenges, and how to overcome them. Part One appeared in the March issue.
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