ICF houses will be attractive to people who live in areas plagued by natural disasters such as tornadoes. The foam used in just about every system has been treated with a fire retardant.

Research by the Insulating Concrete Form Association shows that houses built with ICF exterior walls need an estimated 44 percent less energy to heat and 32 percent less energy to cool than ...

Lyman said when ICF houses are built with roofing straps and shutters, they have been found to withstand hurricanes. But not all the reviews are raves.

The house is fireproof, termite-proof and muffles most sound. “Building with ICF is like just like building with Lincoln Logs,” Kluzniok said.

--Here To Serve Holding Corp. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Novus Ordo Industries Inc., is offering its insulated concrete form home as a Safe House to those in Los Angeles and ...

An ADU is a second structure on a residential lot in addition to the main house. Recently, in both Los Angeles and Riverside Counties, these dwelling units have received a significant amount of ...