I enjoy using one of the most carbon-intensive and nearly-non-recyclable materials(concrete) available to build my green future. Look at me, I’m so high tech!
My brother actually works in the laboratory of one of worldwide biggest concrete suppliers (and he is also involved in the concrete 3D projects) and you are right with the statement that it’s highly carbon intensive, but also they are researching intensely about this and are currently working on a new carbon neutral cement plant.
I’m always wary of “carbon neutral” claims or schemes comparted to a zero carbon process. Zero carbon generally refers to processes which emit no carbon dioxide, whereas carbon neutral tends to means that they emit as much carbon dioxide as they always have, but are either attempting to sequester it or offset the carbon somewhere else.
If it were important enough to create a sequestration project or use an alternative form of energy which didn’t release carbon dioxide, we could have shut down the carbon producing process and implemented those climate benefits. It’s like taking a multi-vitamin each day but continuing to drink a fifth of Jack Daniels every weekend instead of just switching to drinking water. You should really try and cut down on the alcohol and consider drinking more water, no matter how good it is to take the multi-vitamin.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
In 2024, 3DCP Group and design firm SAGA Space Architects say they will build a non-profit student housing community with help from a 3D printer.
The construction lot, presently an unused patch of old trees, is located near VIA University College’s Holstebro campus.
Outside, the plan is to surround these student homes with plants, parking spots for bicycles and electric vehicles, walking trails, and social spaces in the form of courtyards.
The project’s developer, housing non-profit NordvestBo, will select future tenants from a pool of applications “assuming there will be a ‘first come, first served’ aspect,” Sebastian Aristotelis, cofounder of SAGA Space Architects, told Insider in an email.
He could not detail the project’s cost but did say the team has to follow the government of Denmark’s budget for social housing “based on the square meter and a few other parameters.”
Like Aristotelis, proponents of 3D printing construction believe the tech can build unique high-quality homes while saving time, waste, and money.
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