| A good commercial building gives its owner a strong | | | | The necessary items to make an efficient concrete |
| outer shell that is strong and well insulated. A | | | | building are the insulating forms. These foam forms |
| business needs a commercial center that offers | | | | are put into place by the construction workers. The |
| flexibility while saving energy and money. This is | | | | wet cement is then poured into the forms. The |
| necessary in today's economy not just because the | | | | cement hardens and seals itself to the foam forms. |
| economy is weak but because the economy is | | | | By having foam sealed to concrete the insulation |
| uncertain, so a building that offers stability into the | | | | gives the wall overall coverage and all of the possible |
| future is important. What building method can give a | | | | tiny air leaks are sealed. The foam layers on the |
| corporation the commercial center it will need to be | | | | inside and outside of the concrete are the reason |
| successful today and in the future? | | | | that the building will be efficient. |
| We are seeing that insulating concrete homes is a | | | | Businesses looking for new technology to increase |
| good way to build residential buildings. This technology | | | | efficiency do not usually look at newer ways to |
| can be used to build good commercial building as well. | | | | construct buildings, but by using insulation concrete |
| We know that by using concrete a building should | | | | forms to build a strong commercial building a business |
| have a strong base and walls. Through proper | | | | can improve its efficiency. ICFs offer corporations |
| insulation a concrete building will also be an efficient | | | | the opportunity to create a structure that can hold |
| building. This type of building will hold its indoor | | | | up against natural disaster and save energy. Tests |
| temperature better then a building without proper | | | | that have been conducted at the university level |
| insulation. This means less energy to keep a building in | | | | show that an insulated concrete form wall can |
| colder climates warm, and buildings in warmer climates | | | | withstand winds up to two hundred and fifty miles |
| cool. | | | | per hour. |