How Much Will it Cost to Heat and Cool Your Building?

It would be great to have an equation to calculate annual heating and cooling costs, however, there are too many variables. Tree coverage, amount of insulation, windows, energy efficiency of equipment, usage and climate all play a role. The bottom line is that in almost every possible Florida environment, concrete masonry buildings are less expensive to heat and cool. Much of this energy efficiency is attributed to the mass of a concrete block wall.

 

Mass allows a wall to store and dissipate heat. In Florida, a concrete wall takes advantages of differences in night and day temperature by responding to changes very slowly. As a result, less energy is required to maintain a comfortable constant temperature inside your building.

 

An infiltration from wall leaks is estimated to causee up to 39 % energy loss.

 

Its all in Your Imagination

When designing your building with Concrete Block, the sky is the limit. Its only barrier in design is your imagination.

 

Thanks to advances in architecture, technology and construction methods, block buildings offer amazing design flexibility. Whether its rounded, wavy walls or sharp triangular corners, concrete block meet the challenge.

 

Concrete Block is a non combustible material. It provides a safe environment during a fire and prevents further spreading through the use of compartmentation. With a safer building and staff comes lower insurance rates too.

 

With a Concrete Block building, durability is little to no cost you will never have any mold grout, warping or rotting. All problems that can be very costly to fix.