Building for Humanity, a non-profit construction company, has announced that it will build a number of 3D printed homes in the UK. When completed, the homes will be marketed as homes for the town's veterans and low-income families.
Recently, the non-profit construction company Building for Humanity announced that it will build a number of 3D-printed homes in the UK, Mohou.com has learned. As part of the Chatter Street renovation project, they plan to 3D print 46 new energy-efficient homes using COBOD. When completed, the homes will be marketed as homes for the town's veterans and low-income families, said Scott Moon, founder of Building for Humanity: "Our goal is to ensure that everyone has access to quality housing through an affordable housing model that is simple, creating a charitable housing organization driven by human achievement and well-being rather than A charitable housing organization driven by human achievement and well-being, not profit. All remaining profits will go to our charitable partner Homes for Humanity, which means it will go into the community to provide housing, support and training."
△ Proposed renovation of the Chater Street home
Building for Humanity
Building for Humanity is committed to addressing homelessness and helping those facing fuel poverty. In addition to helping those low-income families and individuals, the company has made it its mission to help veterans by providing them with housing and involving them in its home-building activities. However, Building for Humanity is not only satisfied with building homes for the less fortunate, but also prioritizes building in a sustainable manner. So in building houses they focus on retrofitting them with insulation, new boilers and green energy solar panels to help residents on the verge of fuel poverty. To help those already homeless, Building for Humanity has also turned to 3D printing, promising to use 3D printing technology to build new high-quality, low-cost homes in Accrington. The company says that in the future, 3D printing could "reinvent homeownership" by creating low-energy, high-performance homes that are "affordable enough for everyone in the UK.
△Building for Humanity's redevelopment site
The UK's first 3D printing scheme
In the Charter Street project, Building for Humanity will work with partner Harcourt Technologies (HTL) to transform a derelict site into a "community center. HTL is a partner of COBOD and uses its technology to provide construction services such as those related to equipment rental, services, training, research and development, and site development. In the past, the company has been involved in a number of high-profile architectural 3D printing initiatives, with HTL participating in GE Renewable Energy's 3D printed turbine tower and Malawi's first 3D printed school. As part of its latest project, in partnership with Building for Humanity, it now aims to build "the largest printed building of its kind in the whole of Europe". The building will be divided into one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as three- and four-bedroom houses, interspersed with communal gardens and a training center.
HTL is working with partners Lindsay Baxter Design and Harcourt Architects at their research and development facility located within Accrington & Rossendale College. There, the companies say they have managed to develop a method of deploying the technology in accordance with UK building regulations, which could facilitate wider adoption post-project. For the Accrington build, it is thought that COBOD 3D printing them will reduce construction costs by 30 percent while cutting delivery times in half. By efficiently placing materials, HTL also aims to reduce the amount of waste generated during construction by 60% without having to sacrifice quality.
ΔCOBOD's BOD2 3D printer
3D Printing Affordable Housing
Cost efficiency, often considered a core benefit of architectural 3D printing, has been used to build several affordable homes. Last November, Alquist3D, PERI Group and Florida Print Farms announced plans to 3D print more accessible homes in rural American communities using COBOD technology. California real estate company ReInhabit has also contracted with Azure printing Homes to 3D print 10 new eco-friendly homes. reInhabit hopes to realize significant cost and lead-time benefits by 3D printing these buildings from recycled plastic, thereby increasing its return on investment (ROI) when it rents them out to residents next year. At Tehran University, researchers have demonstrated that 3D printed homes can improve energy efficiency. After developing a new type of concrete, the team said that this concrete could reduce CO2 emissions by 400 times by 3D printing the homes.
