ICF Basements Have Lowest Life-Cycle Energy Costs

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation commissioned a study to update their economic assessment of residential basement insulation options to more accurately reflect the rising costs of basement construction and space-heating energy. They concluded that:

For all types and sizes of basements assessed in this study, the lowest life-cycle energy cost was associated with basements constructed using insulating concrete forms (ICFs). Click here to read the report highlights.