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    The Monmouth home being built using the Ultra-High Performance Building Shell System will have a conventional interior.

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    A third-floor arched window is seen Thursday in the Ultra-High Performance Building Shell System house being built in Monmouth.

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    The foam panels that make up part of the walls are still exposed during construction. The house is expected to cost about half as much to heat as a conventionally built home of the same size.

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    The curved walls, made of structural insulated panels composed of high-density, low-cell foam and supported by laminated curved beams, join at the peak of a Gothic arch on the third floor. Construction is expected to be completed this month.

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