ShelterWorks Philosophy

"Sustainable, local, life cycle cost, green, embodied energy, healthful, LEED, thermal mass, carbon sequestering, indoor air quality, zero energy". This vocabulary is part of the new language of building and construction.

We live in a dynamic, creative, and exciting time to be in architectural design and construction. We are at the beginning of a revolution in the way we view shelter, energy, and ultimately, how we live together in our communities.

At ShelterWorks we are committed to this new paradigm and are enthused and proud to manufacture and offer the Faswall® system. Our staff has a background in construction, material engineering, manufacturing and business management. The commitment to quality manufacturing and customer service runs through the entire organization. Our state of the art manufacturing facility is located in the beautiful Willamette Valley in western Oregon to make this proven, 'green' building product that embodies many of the qualities of the new way to design and build our shelters. The Faswall®Wood Chip ICF is our first in a series of products to be made available for the environmentally conscious architect, builder, developer, or homeowner.

If we all had unlimited time, the 'greenest' way to build our shelters would be from the earth beneath our feet. Methods for owner-built construction have been rediscovered and refined using earth materials including rammed earth, cob, pressed earthen blocks and adobe.

We applaud the creative, innovative people that are raising their shelters with locally available resources.

Many of us are unable to build our own homes and need to partner with builders and designers and architects using commercially available products.

Being fully aware that there is not one commercially available product that has all 'pluses', we believe that the Faswall® wall system certainly has an impressive list. Truly a natural and sustainable product, please study the features list and judge for yourself. Our aim is to provide you with the facts of this product without hype and overstatement.

Manufacturing this product in Oregon gives this product one of the lowest embodied energies available in a commercially available wall system in the Western United States.

For Quotes, Plan Reviews, and Consultation please contact us. Call 541.929.8010 or use our online contact form.