Katy Bradford is breaking ground on green construction through ORNL’s ‘Innovation Crossroads’ program

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Her goal during the program is to design a comprehensive additive manufacturing system tailored for the offsite construction of wall panels.Did you know that buildings consume twice as much energy as cars?Think about it… we spend about 95 percent of our time indoors with temperature-controlled rooms, LED lights, and electronics everywhere. Even beyond the consumers’ use of energy, the carbon emissions that come from creating the building materials alone are about the same as the emissions from passenger vehicles.

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