Engineering behind construction of 13329 lONGVILLE ave.

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 WHY WE ONLY USE INSULATED CONCRETE FORMS  AND A SEALED ATTIC  

Disaster Resilient Home 

•  Hurricanes, floods, and fires threaten our safety and our prized possessions everyday.  At the same time, families continue to be drawn to our beautiful coastal areas to enjoy the unparalleled tropical lifestyle we enjoy all year round.  That's why your next home will be build to the highest and safest standards in the industry.  Strong and safe ICF homes are not expensive. But. when severe climactic  events threaten, they’re priceless.    12” thick walls with 6” of solid pour reinforced concrete and 5” of rigid foam insulation give you a home that is not only super insulated, but it exceeds all wind load requirements.  

  Net – Zero Ready Home designed in!  

• Logix ICF is the perfect start towards building a Zero Energy Ready Home.  The US Department Of Energy defines a “Zero Energy Ready Home”  as a high performance home which is so energy efficient, that a renewable energy system (SOLAR) - can offset all or most of its annual energy consumption  With a superior R-value of R-25 (or higher) built into its walls DNA, the Logix airtight building envelope will, in itself, efficiently provide your new home with the energy efficiency to attain “Zero Energy Readiness”.     In addition this home has a reflective steel roof and the attic roof has a R31 airtight barrier – so your entire roof and attic is also part of your thermal envelope – The entire home becomes a sealed igloo.  

  
  Exceeds all required energy efficiency requirements  

• Energy efficiency was engineered and specifically designed into this home.  This is a optimized Logix XtraComfort Home, and it will routinely cut your energy consumption in half. This home can achieve HERS Scores of less than 40, which means it is outperforming the existing building code by 60%.  Further, when combined with cost-effective renewable energy generation, Insulated concrete forms are the perfect solution to building “net-zero” homes  
  Today’s building codes tend to focus on safety issues, like structural integrity, seismic soundness, and fire protection.    Requirements for occupant health, air quality, quietness, and overall comfort though, are few and far in between. As a result, modern homes are not necessarily built with comfort and health in mind. And their biggest flaw can lie in their concrete block envelope, while your new Xtra Comfort home will ensure your  comfort in ways traditional block never could  

  Defining Comfort 

•  Comfort is subjective. Our perception of it varies with age, gender, metabolic rate, lifestyle, and even our personalities. And while that’s so, there is still a consensus that noise, drafts, cold and hot spots, mold, allergens, vibration, and humidity are causes of poor air quality and overall discomfort. To curb these problems, we need walls that:  are airtight  reduce thermal bridging  have a high thermal mass  block noise  don’t rot   

  Design Built ICF Comfort 

 Airtightness  

• Drafts are a common symptom of a leaky envelope. And that’s not all – thanks to small leaks in the exterior walls and attic, vapors, odors, germs, allergens, and other contaminants get a free pass into a home. Some of these can lead to a bit of discomfort, while others may cause serious illnesses.  With an airtight envelope, you get control over air movement through a home’s entire envelope. Instead of flowing unchecked, air has to cycle through this homes ENERGY RECOVERY VENTILATION SYSTEM. This recycling system and its filters de-humidify and keep fresh air flowing thru your home. This way, temperature and humidity can stay in line with the dweller’s preference, while the filter blocks harmful pollutants and outside contaminants. The air that comes into your home is always filtered.  

  Lack of Thermal Bridging

•   Have you ever felt a chill emanating from a wall? Or heat, for that matter? Cold and hot spots can be a nuisance, especially when the wall in question abuts a bed, sofa, or crib. Caused by thermal bridging – heat’s ability to move unrestricted through a wall assembly – cold and hot spots are felt most when outdoor temperatures become extreme.  To stamp out this source of discomfort, a home’s wall assembly needs to keep a consistent, mean radiant temperature. As cold and hot spots are mostly found near voids in the wall and around the outside of windows, you need to choose the right product to create a thermal barrier to the inside of your home.  In a CMU framed home, the hollow cavities act as a thermal bridge, leading to cold and hot spots where most owners don’t expect them – right in the middle of a solid wall or around the thermal gaps around windows. ICF precludes this effect by swapping the hollow block that has minimal insulation for a reinforced solid concrete wall with a 2 1/2 inch layer of continuous insulation on either side of the wall and around the entire window.  

  Thermal Mass insulation 

•  Those of us who live in tropical climates rely on various systems to maintain an acceptable indoor temperature. But what if these systems break down? Or the power goes out. With our reliance on HVAC technology, a lengthy power outage lands us right in the Dark Ages. Sadly, modern North American homes are the most susceptible to such failures. With conditioning systems off-line, their hollow block walls are a laughable excuse for a thermal barrier.  So, if you live in a concrete block home and your A/Cs or furnace shuts down, you can expect the outdoor temperatures to overwhelm the home without delay.    On the other hand, if the walls have a high thermal mass, like those built with airtight monolithic concrete and rigid insulation, (ICF) - the interior temperature will take many hours, if not days, to change.  In a recent lab trial of ICF walls in a similar scenario, the test chamber took 50 hours to see a temperature change high enough that the heating systems came back online. That’s over 2 full days – more than enough time to get the failed equipment up and running.  First, the highly insulated concrete-and-steel ICF building envelope will protect and provide safety, comfort and peace of mind to your family during the threatening event itself. But, in the days and weeks afterwards while your community’s utilities and infrastructure are being repaired and your air conditioning or heating is left un-powered, the air-tight and highly insulated Logix ICF envelope will continue to surround your family in an ambience of relative comfort, with moderate temperature and humidity levels.