HEY MOM, I LIVE IN A COFFEE CUP! That is exactly what I told my mother 15 years ago when I moved to the Phoenix, Metro area. My husband and I watched the builder build our first home in Mesa, Arizona. We watched them dig the hole, put in the footers, then the slab, frame, and then they turned it into a coffee cup! Yep, that's what they did, they actually put Styrofoam and chicken wire on the soon to be home that we were suppose to move into within a few months.
Now I am from the Midwest, where I am used to homes being built with crawl spaces, attics, wood frame, and aluminum siding. We get subzero weather, flooding, mounds of snow and tornatoes. So how in the world was I to understand a home being built on the same premises as the 3 little pigs ( .....I'll huff and puff and . . . . .). After I got over the shock, I realized it made sense. Coffee in a cup stays hot, while soda, stays cool. So it stands to reason, if the homes is air conditioned it will stay cooler longer and heated - well you get the drift.
Styrofoam panels on your wall can bring down your heating costs substantially. They are fire and termite resistant, and so are a safer insulating material than wood.
You will find some of the older homes in the Phoenix metro area that are made from block, and some select builders still use block, however I think it is safe to say that approximately 90% of the homes built today are insulated with Styrofoam.
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