Secretary of State Approves and Places on Record a New Chicagoland Firm that Offers Construction Community a Cost Saving Solution for Energy Code Compliance
Gurnee, IL – October 10, 2003 -- Jesse White, Secretary of State, Illinois, signed off on Eben, LLC’s approval and placed on record the Articles of Organization which created the Limited Liability Company on September 8, 2003. This approval gives way for Eben to move forward with plans to introduce the Insulated Concrete Masonry Wall Unit (ICMU) to the Chicagoland and southwestern Wisconsin areas. The ICMU serves as the primary component of a wall system that exceeds energy code compliance, projects a 15 to 20% savings to project costs, and provides the building’s occupants monthly savings on utility bills.
(PRWEB) October 25, 2003
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2003
Contact:
Timothy M. Reigle
Jeremy Wills
Eben, LLC
2023 Adams Court
Gurnee, Illinois 60031
Ph 847-409-2133
Fx 847-599-8372
Tim@ebenblock. com
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Secretary of State Approves and Places on Record a New Chicagoland Firm that Offers Construction Community a Cost Saving Solution for Energy Code Compliance
Gurnee, IL (PRWEB) October 10, 2003 -- Jesse White, Secretary of State, Illinois, signed off on Eben, LLCÂ’s approval and placed on record the Articles of Organization which created the Limited Liability Company on September 8, 2003. This approval gives way for Eben to move forward with plans to introduce the Insulated Concrete Masonry Wall Unit (ICMU) to the Chicagoland and southwestern Wisconsin areas. The ICMU serves as the primary component of a wall system that exceeds energy code compliance, projects a 15 to 20% savings to project costs, and provides the buildingÂ’s occupants monthly savings on utility bills.
Eben, LLC is a marketing firm exclusively promoting the ICMU. Eben is owned by Jeremy C. Wills, President of Sales and Marketing, and Timothy M. Reigle, President of Operations.
In spite of the success the product is experiencing on the east coast, Eben realizes marketing the 15-year-old ICMU in the Midwest will be quite a task. “The role of Eben is to educate all the players in the construction industry as to the value the ICMU provides each of them,” said Mr. Reigle. “Everyone from the architect to the mason has to be informed of the product. When the Architect designs a building utilizing the ICMU for the building’s shell, and the blueprint shows up on the job site, the Mason needs to understand the product they are using.” Eben is working closely with construction industry leaders to provide product knowledge to specifiers, developers, general contractors, masons, and building owners.
The ICMU is designed with a patented, serpentine shaped, expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation insert. The insert is pressed between the outer and inner concrete modules during production, making the block web-less--resulting in extremely high R-values, incredible fire ratings, sound-transmission losses that exceed all other conventional methods, and most importantly, utilizing what is known as Insulated Thermal Mass.
Why has Insulated Thermal Mass remained a foreign word to most homeowners and building occupants? Could it be that the construction industry has failed to understand or utilize this concept? Mr. Wills explained, “a big part of the ability for conditioned air to last longer remains a matter of where the insulation is placed on a wall. The ICMU has a pre-manufactured insulation barrier built right into the middle of the concrete unit. When the blocks are laid side-by-side by the mason, the building becomes a virtual styrofoam cup with concrete on either side.” This revolutionary design allows all of the internal, conditioned air to be absorbed by the interior portion of the concrete block. Likewise, the insulation acts as a strong moisture and temperature barrier caused by the dynamic outside weather conditions. Mr. Wills went on to say, “Imagine that…a huge battery-like wall system that stores the conditioned air and re-releases it back into the building, allowing heaters and air-conditioners to work less, resulting in fewer dollars spent by building occupants.” In some cases the ICMU wall systems have proven as much as 50-hour lag times, or the amount of time a wall stores energy, unlike other conventional wall systems that show lag-times in the single digits.
According to Steve Hunt, President, Masonry Division, Northfield Block Company, “The ICMU is, by far, the most energy efficient block we have ever produced.” Mr. Hunt went on to say, “we feel it creates a significant benefit to the commercial and residential construction industry.”
Because of the fact there is no major difference in the way the ICMU is handled vs. the standard CMU (Concrete Masonry Unit) the learning curve is minimal.” Mr. Reigle stated, “We have never met or heard of a mason that has had a problem working with the ICMU. In fact, those we have introduced it to are amazed and look forward to working with it.”
One of the ways Eben sees to the continued educational process is to work with local industry leaders and organizations. One such organization is the International Masonry Institute (IMI). Scott Conwell, AIA, CDT, the Illinois Director IMI has committed to train masons in the Chicagoland area.
The ICMU is the brainchild of Francis (Frank) Kennedy, of Buffalo, New York. Frank is also known for his invention of Caller ID that is now widely used by telephone customers worldwide.
Before you lay the first block or brick on your next building project it may behoove you to look into using Eben, LLCÂ’s ICMU as the product of choice for your buildingÂ’s wall system.
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