Concrete Homes Offer Solid Environmental Benefits
Welcome to the Concrete Home
Building Council and Portland Cement Association Press Center for the
National Green Building Conference, March 25-27, 2007, St. Louis
Today, consumers demand the most for their home-buying dollars. Solid, high quality construction, greater comfort and security, lower energy bills and maintenance, and improved indoor air quality and other environmental are all taken into consideration before buying a home.
One building material allows builders to address all those needs—concrete.
Visit the Concrete Home Building Council booth (#114) to learn more about the benefits of building with concrete.
Increasingly,
homebuilders and homeowners are turning to concrete solutions for homes
that deliver otpimal energy effieciency and ensure safety from severe
weather.
www.ConcreteThinker.com
is a unique clearinghouse of tools and information that helps turn green
building ideas into concrete solutions.
In 2005, one out of every six
single-family homes built in the U.S. utilized exterior above-grade concrete
wall systems such as insulating concrete forms (ICFs) or concrete masonry,
or other cement-based systems. www.ConcreteHomes.com
provides homeowners and builders with the resources to build a concrete
home and explains their benefits.
Today's homeowner and homebuilder have discovered that homes built with exterior concrete walls offer energy efficiency, and a quiet, comfortable indoor environment in addition to safety from natural disasters— without sacrificing aesthetic beauty.
More on the benefits of concrete homes
Concrete "Envelope"
Sets Home Apart
Patent-pending technology reduces heat loss in winter and heat gain in
summer.
ICFs Integral to Illinois
Sustainable Dream Home
Insulating concrete forms and precast concrete floors help build dream
home.
The New American Home®
Incorporates
Cement-Based Solutions
The 2007 home creates an efficient structure without compromising
aesthetics, by incorporating in cement-based products – the building
material of choice for sustainable development.
Building a Better House With Concrete
The superior features of ICF construction.
Online
/ PDF
Building Green with Gray Concrete
Concrete has many benefits to offer for"green building."
Online
/ PDF
Concrete Homes: Built-in Safety
Research on concrete, wood, and steel walls.
Online
/ PDF
One of the fastest-growing building systems is ICFs where concrete is
sandwiched between two insulating layers of foam. Other types of concrete
home building systems include removable forms (cast-in-place), concrete
masonry, autoclaved aerated concrete products, and precast concrete panels.
More about concrete wall
systems
View the different wall
systems
The latest advances in concrete construction, production, materials and
design will be showcased at the 2007 Concrete Home Building Council Concrete
Technologies Tour in Minneapolis on May 6-8.
The tour will feature educational programsand behind-the-scenes tours of six cement-based building materials and manufacturing facilities, including an ICF manufaturing plant.
