Sustainable Building Philosophy

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For decades builders and contractors across North America have constructed homes and commercial buildings out of wood, which was cheap to source and cheap to construct. Fires, extreme cold and heat, flooding, intense thunderstorms, tornadoes. hurricanes and other effects of a changing climate, as well as challenges, like security, urban noise pollution, and the increasing cost of energy highlight the need to promote more resilient, sustainable and energy efficient building materials.    

Replacing the traditional construction of thermally inefficient stick framed homes or commercial buildings with Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) results in homes and buildings that are far stronger, safer, quieter, healthier, energy efficient, and resilient; a structure truly built to last for generations!

ICF of Oklahoma, uses it's experience to choose the best building products and methods for safe, durable, and highly insulated structures that are best adapted for Oklahoma and our area of the Southern Plains. Sustainable Building is an investment for the future, so choosing the right building materials is an important decision when building a sustainable and resilient structural envelope. Building to the latest Code at the same or lower cost than the old-fashioned and inefficient wooden stick framing method is a wise decision.

Why would we continue to construct, live, and work in buildings that are unable to keep you and your family safe in times of great danger? Homes and businesses built with insulated concrete forms have more than 50 years of proven history to be the safest and most cost efficient method available. If a method with this much history is proven to be stronger, safer, healthier, energy efficient, and less expensive to live in, “Why are you still building and living in a stick framed home?