Forming concrete. That’s according to a team at ETH Zurich who claims that construction with foam forms cuts concrete usage up to 70%. It also offers improved insulation properties.

NUDURA Insulated Concrete Forms, or ICFs, have met these demands on all sorts of projects, providing buildings that are safe, comfortable, energy efficient, and eco-friendly. Continue Reading ...

By Isaac Brown – Correspondent Aug 30, 2004UpdatedAug 25, 2004, 8:58pm EDT ...

Insulated Concrete Forms are a clever building system where two slabs of insulating foam are separated by plastic ties; you just stack them up, throw in some reinforcing bars if required, and fill ...

People often think of concrete as being cold and a poor insulator, and they are correct. With the foam-block house construction, the concrete provides the structural strength for the walls.

With the foam-block house construction, however, the concrete provides the structural strength for the walls and then is totally encapsulated by high R-value, rigid, insulating foam.

Barton's 2,780-square-foot ICF Legacy Home was built with donated LOGIX ICF forms and consists of 222 linear feet of concrete wall and nearly 60 cubic yards of concrete.

Maui-based architectural and engineering firm Hawaii Off Grid is building houses from discarded surfboard foam.