My passion for building began in Germany at a young age.  The architecture and the structural stability of the structures, fueled my interest in building.  From there I first began with conventional framing and carpentry, my next step was native post and beam. The post and beam projects included homes, barns and garages. It was my third step that leads me to my new found passion and where I am focusing my energy today, insulated concrete forms (ICF’s), a new and more stable way to build. Not only did building ICF foundations and homes impose the importance of a lasting and more stable house or foundation but it encompasses my own value of leaving a cleaner environment for the future.

                Insulated concrete forms not only can build lasting foundations but they can also be used to build entire homes from the foundation up. In the past 5 years I have completed 6 entire ICF homes and four foundations. The projects range from multi-million dollar homes in  Jamestown to Westerly and even Providence.

                Greenway Foundations recently completed an ICF foundation for the first LEED home in Providence. The acronym LEED stands for “The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” according to the U.S Green Building Council website at www.usgbc.org. LEED is the Green Building Rating System which encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.”  Greenway Foundations also has recently completed a post and beam ICF addition in Charlestown, RI.  From a building perspective I believe that building with the ICF is the only way to build for longevity and durability and reduce your carbon footprint.  

The ICF is made of EPS (expanded polystyrene) foam which gives you approximately 3.8 to 4 in r- value per inch.  3 inches of eps on the outside and 3 inches of eps on the inside combined with 6 - 14 inches of concrete creates a thermal resistance level that doubles a conventionally framed house.  Creating an energy efficient home out of this product is the easiest  and most cost efficient way to build.   No other product on the market can offer the efficiency in the building process with the results of having a indestructible home.