Aren’t concrete walls cold and damp?
• The concrete within an ICF wall is blanketed within two layers of thick, rigid insulation. The twin planes of insulation help buffer the thermal mass of concrete as temperatures rise and fall. By protecting the concrete from rapid fluxuations in temperatures, the concrete remains dry and warm. The thermal mass of an ICF wall has also been shown to offer a 20% reduction in total energy use by releasing absorbed energy back into the building and reducing the energy needed to heat and cool a building.
