Lafarge recently partnered with a number of its customers to donate materials and labor for building the first three homes in Habitat for Humanity’s Fairview Cottages Project in Olympia, Wash.
Built under the Washington State Evergreen Green Building Standards, the planned 15-home development makes advances in achieving Habitat for Humanity’s goal to create sustainable housing, as well as in promoting the green benefits of concrete products. The Fairview Cottages feature a wide range of sustainable benefits, including radiant floor heating and cement-fiber siding, which is produced using wood fiber and cement. The homes were built with insulating concrete forms (ICFs), which use a combination of stay-inplace plastic foam forms and concrete to create walls that provide superior insulation properties and reduce noise.
Companies that donated or supplied products at cost include: Lafarge (cement), Miles Sand & Gravel (gravel, concrete, and ICF block), James Hardie (cement-fiber siding), Utility Vault (concrete vault), and PCI (pervious concrete placement).
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