Dave Smith from OS Homes explains the literal building blocks to his green house – the Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) made of Styrofoam. Click here for the page on Dave’s Web site with a great photo of the early stages of his homebuilding process where you can see how these forms, well, stack up.

Parade of Homes – Blog 6 from Parade of Homes on Vimeo.

Video production by Paul Milligan and Andrew Brush, Milligan Media.

TREES! One of the great things about this year’s Parade site is the amount of nature. These trees are huge – and the entire neighborhood is surrounded by them. Just to the left of the house shown (M/I Home’s, by the way), there’s a path that winds through the woods and will provide access to Hannah Farms, which the City of Gahanna is in the process of giving a major overhaul.

And speaking of big… to the casual eye, it’s not very noticeable, but the walls of the OS Homes home really are thicker. This, of course, is due to the extra-efficient, environmentally-friendly insulation that will ultimately keep heating and cooling bills down (and less carbon in the air – yeah!) Mmmmmmmm, cozy.