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First 3-D printed Habitat home in US arrives
- themodelplumber 5y agoHoly smokes. It looks like a legit house and it was built in 12 hours? This is really cool. > Stringfield's home also includes a personal 3D printer that will allow her to reprint anything she may need, "everything from electrical outlet to trim to cabinet knobs," Green told CNN. So what I'm hearing is, she probably can't print up another storey to her house without some effort. I wonder if they'll ever change that...
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoVery impressive..3D printing tech and modular homes are innovative and can solve the housing issue. If govts and unions will allow this to happen. In CA, for example..state/county and labour unions will fight this tooth and nail. Because housing will become affordable and tax receipts will plummet. The tech tho’ is essential and rather nice. Altho’ there will be a scramble for proprietary concrete mixes and there will be a panic first and then the hurdles will start piling up. It’s exciting and a tad depressing at the same time due to the usual suspects kicking off shenanigans by Big Gov’s business as usual.
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoFrom the 3D printing company: https://www.alquist3d.com/faqs https://www.alquist3d.com/faqs [..] The house contains a thermal break at the exterior walls, meaning that the house acts similar to a cooler, keeping cold air out in the winter and warm air out in the Summer. As a result, the house is a “tight” envelope and requires additional air exchanges, cycling fresh air into the home frequently through an energy recovery ventilator (ERV). The current r-value of the walls is estimated at 21.5.[..] For Vancouver.. an r60 wall is required as of this year. Virginia at r21.5 seems not so thermally efficient. Also: [..] We estimate, for the Richmond home, annual energy costs to be about $1,100 without solar.[..] That seems a tad unrealistic.