Elementary School was the nation’s
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2025 4:56 am
The Academy at Nola Dunn
The Academy at Nola Dunn is the first all-ICF school in the state of Texas. The education sector is increasingly using the ICF method because of the structural stability, high RSI/R-value, and low life-cycle costs it offers. Many buildings recently constructed with this method have also been certified to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating program.
The finished interior of the Academy at Nola Dunn, featuring insulated concrete form (ICF) and integrated framing assembly (IFA) door and window openings, including 7.5-m. (25-ft) daylight windows.
Photos courtesy Futurestone LLC
Several schools utilizing this product, such as Richardsville Elementary School (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Dearing Elementary School (Pflugerville, Texas), have even achieved net-zero energy. (Richardsville first net-zero whatsapp number database school. Engineering News and Record Texas and Louisiana named Dearing Elementary School in Pflugerville, Texas, its Best Green Project in 2015, as 8188-best-green-project-dearing-elementary-school.) Richardsville has been featured in Forbes as a
“model for the future” and “a harbinger of a coming trend,” though the trend predates both schools. Burleson ISD in particular has led the way in environmentally conscious use of ICFs in school designs, as demonstrated by the Academy’s highly energy-efficient performance. (These quotations are derived from Forbes article “Net Zero Schools in Kentucky: Models for the Future Come from Surprising Places” by Peter Kelly-Detwiler, published.
The Academy at Nola Dunn is the first all-ICF school in the state of Texas. The education sector is increasingly using the ICF method because of the structural stability, high RSI/R-value, and low life-cycle costs it offers. Many buildings recently constructed with this method have also been certified to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating program.
The finished interior of the Academy at Nola Dunn, featuring insulated concrete form (ICF) and integrated framing assembly (IFA) door and window openings, including 7.5-m. (25-ft) daylight windows.
Photos courtesy Futurestone LLC
Several schools utilizing this product, such as Richardsville Elementary School (Bowling Green, Kentucky) and Dearing Elementary School (Pflugerville, Texas), have even achieved net-zero energy. (Richardsville first net-zero whatsapp number database school. Engineering News and Record Texas and Louisiana named Dearing Elementary School in Pflugerville, Texas, its Best Green Project in 2015, as 8188-best-green-project-dearing-elementary-school.) Richardsville has been featured in Forbes as a
“model for the future” and “a harbinger of a coming trend,” though the trend predates both schools. Burleson ISD in particular has led the way in environmentally conscious use of ICFs in school designs, as demonstrated by the Academy’s highly energy-efficient performance. (These quotations are derived from Forbes article “Net Zero Schools in Kentucky: Models for the Future Come from Surprising Places” by Peter Kelly-Detwiler, published.