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Yeah, but what about all the microplast...
>The BioHome3D is made entirely of sustainable wood fibers and bio-resins.

Oh, sweet.

I hope it was a solar powered printer.

That's great. If it can be done for around 20% more than conventional stick built houses. It may find some takers.

The cost will be lower than a traditionally built home.

Hmmm. We will see. My sceptical side says no way

It’s constructed using waste material from lumber mills, which Maine has a ton of. Tons of savings in material and labor costs.

“University of Maine notes in a press release that four large 3D modules were printed before the home was assembled in roughly half a day, and an electrician took two hours to fully wire it — a far cry from traditional construction methods and materials”

https://hypebeast.com/2022/11/3d-printed-recyclable-house-university-of-maine-biohome3d

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Good, because most people can’t afford regular houses today.

I'll need to order a bigger bin.

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It also says “natural materials” in the title

I would hope they would charge less because of the cheaper materials. But the cynical side of me just feels like they would pocket the reduced cost and charge the same amount.

Well, research cost is a thing so I wouldn’t rule out an extra amount of cash added to the price, to pay of debt, scale out operation etc.

Cheaper to build doesn't mean cheaper to buy, most of a homes price is speculation on the land underneath it

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Not the point of federally and state funded research at a Public University. The point of the research is to lower the cost of housing and prove the structure can handle the elements.

This is great! Now do a million of these please

And housing prices will still just keep going up.

Even if the cost to construct it is less they will still charge more. The housing market today is just rough.

Not if the technology/designs etc are only licensed to state housing authorities, such as MaineHousing (who is in on this specific project). The homes could be printed and assembled for close to cost.

To be fair, "natural materials" is an ambiguous term that should never be taken at face value.

Crude oil is a natural material.

Fully recyclable houses... What do they have next? Fully recyclable energy?

If they’re licensed to governments, then we will see higher prices and much lower quality. The only entities more corrupt than major corporations are governments.

This comments section is insanity.

Private, corporate developers have caused so many problems for the US housing market. In Maine, it’s easy to buy a small piece of land with public utilities ready to hook up and plop down a house. 3D printing a home that can be assembled and electrified within one day will save so much on labor costs alone.

Maine is the one state I haven’t visited, so I can’t speak too much about local conditions there. Still, my experiences with governments show that they are corrupt and mind-blowingly inefficient.

I wonder what the end cost actually is and what kind of life expectancy do they have. Just buying some land and connecting utilities is a small fortune.

Are they like those smart cars from years ago where you think they must be super cheap but actually cost the same as a full size

>bio-resins

A marketing term.

> there are no set standards for what it means for a product to be “green”

> There are two types of bioresin: degradable and compostable. Degradable bioresins can continually be broken down into smaller and smaller pieces—they are different from biogradable resins, because they cannot be reduced to simple biological matter.

https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/plastics-rubber/bioresin-plastics/