Abstract
Construction is filled with labor intensive, hazardous, andoften wasteful processes. It is also an enormous industry,so improvements in efficiency could have a tremendous economic impact. Construction-scale additive manufacturing is onepath toward achieving those improvements. In this paper, aconstruction-scale additive manufacturing system, called SkyBAAM, is presented. In addition to possibly leading to moreenergy-efficient construction practices, leveraging additive manufacturing in construction opens the solution space to more energy efficient building design. One such design, the EMPOWERwall, is also presented in this paper. The exterior of the wallis shaped to maximize heat transfer, while acting as form workfor an internal energy-storage system. This allows energy to bestored in the wall during off-peak times and retrieved during peakperiods.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advanced Manufacturing |
| Publisher | American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780791884485 |
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| State | Published - 2020 |
| Event | ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: Nov 16 2020 → Nov 19 2020 |
Publication series
| Name | ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE) |
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| Volume | 2A-2020 |
Conference
| Conference | ASME 2020 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2020 |
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| City | Virtual, Online |
| Period | 11/16/20 → 11/19/20 |
Funding
This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Office of Advanced Manufacturing.