There is a construction technique for residential construction which has superior structural integrity over standard 2x stud construction. After volunteering in the cleanup/reconstruction of the Birmingham ’98 tornado and seeing the same situation in the new debris strewn countryside after the April 27, 2011 tornadoes an Alabama, we have to re-evaluate the minimum standard used for residential construction. There are multiple reasons for this: First is energy efficiency; sustainable construction practices mandate the use of energy efficient materials. Not only materials that perform by allowing less waste of the dollar used to heat and cool your home, but materials that are readily available in our environment which have no or very low emissions of phenyl formaldehydes and remain stable and structurally sound past their useful life cycle. Second is strength of structure: Standard 2x stud construction can be engineered to be super strong. Accomplishing this is simply an a...