10 Simple Steps to Building Green
- It takes One Hundred 8.5 inch diameter trees to build a 1,500 Sq.Ft. home. A ThermaSteel home of the same size uses the steel equivalent of 2 recycled cars!
- ThermaSteel homes save on average 35% - 50% on heating and cooling costs when compared to stick-built homes!
- Construction waste is drastically reduced with a ThemaSteel home!
- Our steel reinforced expanded polystyrene (EPS) panels pass Southern Florida Hurricane Standards!
- ThermaSteel panels also pass California and Russia Zone 9 Earthquake Standards!
- Expanded polystyrene (EPS) does NOT damage the ozone layer!
- ThermaSteel’s expanded polystyrene building products are made with recycled content; and, since EPS is non-toxic, EPS process trimmings are also recycled into stuffed animal and bean bag filler materials!
- ThermaSteel panels complete four functions in one cost saving step: framing, insulation, sheathing, and vapor barrier. You will use fewer materials while creating a superior residential, commercial or industrial structure!
- Fire tests have proven that EPS gives off fewer toxins than conventional wood framing!
- The American Lung Association’s (ALA) Health House guidelines, among the toughest in the nation for indoor air quality, acknowledges EPS sheathing as a safe material. The installed ThermaSteel panels do NOT experience off-gassing or host molds that may affect indoor air quality!