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While many build­ings these days are designed with the same basic prin­ci­ples, there are times when excep­tions need to be made.

Con­crete mason­ry units (CMU) and insu­lat­ed con­crete form (ICF) walls have sev­er­al fea­tures in com­mon: ener­gy-effi­cien­cy, dura­bil­i­ty, and good indoor envi­ron­men­tal qual­i­ty (IEQ). How­ev­er, ICF is quick­er and eas­i­er to install com­pared to CMU, which saves time and mon­ey.

Dis­cov­er how build­ing a smart home with ICF com­bines strength and ener­gy effi­cien­cy by design for sus­tain­able, mod­ern liv­ing

A net-zero ener­gy home aims to make enough renew­able ener­gy to meet its own annu­al ener­gy con­sump­tion needs. These are 8 must-haves for a net-zero ener­gy home.

Ware­house plan­ning is fun­da­men­tal­ly a square-foot bud­get deci­sion. Own­ers, devel­op­ers, and builders eval­u­at­ing ware­house cost per square foot need to see how each sys­tem affects price.

Every suc­cess­ful facil­i­ty starts with a plan own­ers can actu­al­ly build. Sta­ble oper­a­tions depend on site capac­i­ty, util­i­ty ser­vice, and a durable, mois­ture-tol­er­ant build­ing enve­lope.