Our Mission Is To Tackle The Global Housing Crisis, Waste Problems, And Climate Change By Automating The Construction Process Via Additive Manufacturing.
Words From The Founder
Boris Kozlov
CEO, Founder
Boris Kozlov
CEO, Founder
At AC3D (which stands for Automated Construction 3D) we are addressing the key challenges of the construction industry: solving the global housing shortage, and reducing the negative environmental impact.
The current housing shortage, estimated at around 12 million homes annually, is a multifaceted issue:
Lack of productivity in existing technologies / Slow speed of construction
High costs of existing technologies (high capex for modular, high opex for traditional construction)
Global construction labor shortage
The environmental footprint of the construction industry is equally concerning:
Construction is the world’s #1 waste producer. Among the major reasons for such impact are:
Traditional construction technologies use a lot of formworks which end up as waste
Inefficient material consumption
Construction industry is the top contributor to CO2 output:
8% of global CO2 comes from cement production
Lack of energy efficiency in multiple types of existing buildings
AC3D’s vision is to develop a productive, cost-efficient, and sustainable construction automation technology. 3D printing is the foundation of that route providing a lot of key features including:
High productivity and scalability at reduced capital and operational costs
Enhanced construction quality and repeatability through automation and digital processes
Great potential for lowering construction costs for higher affordability while increasing the speed of the building process
Mitigating the shortage of skilled construction workers through automation
Significant reductions in CO2 emissions by using sustainable binders like geopolymers and implementing smart insulation techniques
Waste minimization by eliminating formwork and optimizing material usage
Enabling free-form imaginative, AI-driven architectural design while streamlining the design to manufacture lead-times
High level of resilience to natural disasters and fast restoration if a disaster has occurred to traditionally build communities
Our Sustainable Development Goals
Cementless
Material
Print the 1st net-zero 3D printed house utilizing our 100% cementless printing material. This will enable us to reduce the embodied carbon of our structures
Reducing
construction waste
Through 3D printing we will reduce construction waste and excessive GHG production typically found in traditional construction
Energy Efficiency
Using our advanced printing head, we will develop 3D printed insulation strategies to further increase the energy efficiency and sustainability of our buildings
