Clayton Homes and ORNL Partner For 3D Printed Home and Car

[Brian_Krassenstein]

A recent conversation with Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)'s Head of Building Envelope Systems Research, Roderick Jackson, has certainly caught our attention here at 3DPrint.com. ORNL, working in conjunction with Clayton Homes--the US' largest producer of manufactured housing and modular homes--and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM)--an architectural firm--is using 3D printing technology to create an energy-efficient home and car that work together systematically, sharing energy wirelessly. Using carbon fiber-reinforced polymer material to print both the home and the car, the project will utilize a bi-directional energy relationship between the two in which the house can charge the car and the car in turn can provide power to the building via an onboard natural gas generator. Read the full story here for more details and time line on the ambitious project: http://3dprint.com/89393/ornl-clayton-homes-3d-print/


Below is a rendering of the soon to be unveiled platform:

[Brian_Krassenstein]

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has unveiled a demonstration of their integrated 3D printed building and vehicle concept AMIE. The Additive Manufacturing Integrated Energy project connects a natural-gas-powered hybrid electric vehicle to a solar-powered structure, creating a fully integrated shared energy system. Power freely flows between the vehicle and the building using new and exciting lab-developed wireless technology developed by ORNL. You can read more about AMIE over on 3DPrint.com: http://3dprint.com/97217/ornl-demos-amie-project/