Founding Executive Director of the University of Maine’s advanced structures and composites center, Dr. Habib Dagher. They revealed the world’s first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home. According to Dagher, there are roughly 1 million tons per year of material in our sawmills that could be used for these designs and to print a home, it takes about 10 tons. This climate-friendly response to the nation’s affordable housing crisis could be a game changer. He explains the next steps in this new discovery and the difference it could make.
University of Maine reveals world's first 100% bio-based 3D-printed home
![UMaine Advanced Structures and Composites Center unveiled BioHome3D, the first 3D-printed house made entirely with bio-based materials.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/445462f/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1648x930+0+0/resize/880x497!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fed%2F4d%2F65b6de6b4d76aa5c8a485ae57589%2F3d-printed-house-u-of-maine.jpeg)
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