First 3D printing housing development in NC blueprint for sustainability, affordability

BEFORE WAS ELIMINATED. IT'S A

FREE PROGRAM WITH NO COST TO

THE TAXPAYER.

>> A 30 MILLION DOLLAR PROJECT

AND THE HALIFAX COUNTY TOWN

OF LITTLETON IS AIMING TO BE

THE FIRST 3 D PRINTED HOUSING

DEVELOPMENT IN NORTH CAROLINA.

WOW. WONDERING HOW THIS IS

GOING TO WORK. WELL, WRAL'S

KEENAN, WILLARD SHOWS US HOW

PROJECT LEADERS SAY THIS WILL

BRING AFFORDABLE AND GREEN

HOUSING TO AN AREA ON THE RISE.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST AN EMPTY

FIELD IN THE MIDDLE OF HALIFAX

COUNTY, BUT IT'S SET TO BECOME

THE FIRST 3 D PRINTED HOME

COMMUNITY IN THE ENTIRE STATE.

AND DEVELOPERS ARE HOPING THIS

COULD SET THE TONE NOT JUST FOR

THE FUTURE OF LITTLETON, BUT

FOR NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL.

>> IT ADDRESSES A COUPLE

THINGS. AFFORDABILITY,

SUSTAINABILITY. THIS IS THE

FUTURE SITE OF THE ODELL

LITTLETON ROAD VILLAGE.

DEVELOPERS SAY IT WILL BRING

150 HOUSING UNITS TO THIS

COMMUNITY AND EVERY ONE OF THEM

WILL BE BUILT WITH WALLS OF

3 D PRINTED CANCRI. IT WILL

BE THE FIRST IN NORTH CAROLINA.

>> SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT

AS WELL. IT'S A PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN THE TOWN AND PRIVATE

DEVELOPERS, INCLUDING THE ED

FITS FOUNDATION, WHICH HAS

SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO

REVITALIZE LITTLETON. YOU HAVE

TO HAVE THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO

DO. YOU HAVE TO HAVE PLACES FOR

PEOPLE TO WORK.

>> AND NOW YOU SEE THIS PROJECT

AT THE PLACES FOR PEOPLE WHO

LIVE THERE ARE AFFORDABLE ON

PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE A

SIX-FIGURE INCOME. SO HOW WILL

THEY DO IT? PROJECT LEADERS

SAY A MACHINE WILL PUMP OUT

3 D PRINTED CONCRETE ALMOST

LIKE ICING ON A CAKE. A TEAM

FROM NC STATE IS HELPING TO

MAKE THE MATERIALS. THIS IS A

CULTURAL COMMUNITY. SO YOU WANT

TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THOSE

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS WITH THEN

THOSE CAN MATERIALS AND THEN

THAT WAY THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY

>> BENEFITS. THERE'S NO

TIMELINE YET FOR WHEN THE

PROJECT WILL BE FINISHED WHEN

IT'S READY. PROJECT LEADERS SAY

MONTHLY RENTS WILL START AROUND

$1000 WITH ECO-FRIENDLY DESIGNS

LOOKING TO CUT DOWN ON ENERGY

COSTS. THEY HOPE THIS COMMUNITY

WILL BECOME A BLUEPRINT FOR

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING IN NORTH

CAROLINA. PROVIDE.

>> HOUSE AS A AS A MODEL GOING

FORWARD FOR NOT ONLY THIS