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Tech Block--The New ICF on the Block

Made of 100% recycled EPS beads held in a cementitious matrix, Tech Block's new insulated concrete forms (ICFs) are similar in concept to the Rastra system.

There are quite a few insulated concrete form (ICF) systems on the market whose manufacturers make a variety of resource efficiency claims.

EBN came across an interesting newcomer, Tech Block, at this year’s Greenprints conference in Atlanta. Tech Block uses 100% recycled EPS in a cementitious matrix similar to the popular Rastra system (see EBN Vol. 5, No. 4).

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Published May 1, 2001

(2001, May 1). Tech Block--The New ICF on the Block. Retrieved from https://www.buildinggreen.com/product-review/tech-block-new-icf-block

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