Dear Jim: I am thinking of building one of those concrete/foam block houses for efficiency, security and strength. Since concrete feels so cold, is it really energy efficient and will I be limited ...

ACH Foam Technologies makes the material in Murray. Once the blocks are in place, stacked to a height of 40 feet, they will be capped with a concrete slab, road base, pavement and then the light ...

Insulated Concrete Form (ICF) technology snagged high marks on those three points. The construction method — a system of interlocking Styrofoam blocks filled with concrete — is strong ...

So he used a system called insulated concrete foam to incorporate the scraps into building blocks, called Surf Blocks. “Basically, we leave the styrofoam on after we pour the concrete into the ...

The home, of course, isn't made entirely of styrofoam. Concrete is poured into the hollow styrofoam blocks and becomes the actual structure of the house. The outside of the blocks are coated with ...