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Depend­ing on the forms’ size and the con­crete core width, the con­crete aggre­gate size and slump should be adjust­ed accord­ing­ly. The ulti­mate goal is to get the cor­rect com­pres­sive strength for the con­crete as spec­i­fied.

Ener­gy effi­cien­cy in homes is vital for both eco­nom­ic and envi­ron­men­tal rea­sons, which is why builders have robust tools like the HERS Index and Ener­gy Star rat­ings to gauge and improve the ener­gy per­for­mance of build­ings.

Improv­ing the insu­la­tion of block walls sig­nif­i­cant­ly enhances ener­gy effi­cien­cy, com­fort, and dura­bil­i­ty in both res­i­den­tial and com­mer­cial spaces. Block walls, often made of con­crete mason­ry units (CMUs), are stur­dy but noto­ri­ous­ly poor at retain­ing heat with­out prop­er insu­la­tion.

Ener­gy effi­cien­cy isn’t just a trend in archi­tec­ture and con­struc­tion, it’s a require­ment. Archi­tects and con­trac­tors now reg­u­lar­ly imple­ment sus­tain­able meth­ods into their projects, and hous­ing is no excep­tion.

Fox Blocks Esti­ma­tor PRO4 is now LIVE and avail­able to down­load and use for project take offs and esti­mates! Esti­mate ICF quan­ti­ties includ­ing spe­cial­ty blocks, open­ing mate­r­i­al, ancil­lary prod­ucts, lin­eal feet of rebar, vol­ume of con­crete and man hours for a spe­cif­ic job.

Green build­ing con­struc­tion meth­ods have emerged as options for not only reduc­ing envi­ron­men­tal foot­prints, but also cut­ting down ener­gy expens­es. These meth­ods are based on eco-friend­ly prac­tices and mate­ri­als, and are aimed at pro­mot­ing both envi­ron­men­tal and eco­nom­ic sus­tain­abil­i­ty.

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.