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Mighty Buildings lands $22M to create ‘sustainable and affordable’ 3D-printed homes

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Mighty Building’s self-proclaimed mission is to create “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” homes. The company claims to be able to 3D print structures “two times as quickly with 95% less labor hours and 10-times less waste” than conventional construction. “We have spent four years figuring out what it takes to achieve that.

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Building the future of construction

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The construction industry in many countries around the world is facing a labor shortage crisis. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. For construction to continue at the pace needed, something has to change. There is a solution: remote operation of construction machinery. Innovation

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Sustainability catches the eye of Kompas’ shiny new, green-tinted glasses fund

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The firm has an Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Tel Aviv presence, and now has a $160 million sack of funds to deploy across its focus areas: sustainability and technological innovation in the construction, real estate and manufacturing industries. Sebastian Peck and Talia Rafaeli are heading up the new sustainability fund for Kompas.

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Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2 million NASA contract for lunar construction tech

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ICON , a construction tech company that’s raised more than $400 million in funding, has landed a new contract from NASA to develop new systems to build on the moon and Mars. million contract is a continuation of a previous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) dual-use contract with the U.S. Austin-based ICON awarded $57.2

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Mighty Buildings nabs $40M Series B to 3D print your next house

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One of those companies, Oakland-based Mighty Buildings , just raised $40 million in Series B funding for its quest to create homes that it says are “beautiful, sustainable and affordable” using 3D printing, robotics and automation. Khosla was drawn to the Mighty Buildings’ innovative approach. “We

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Accelerating sustainability to build stronger businesses

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Environmental sustainability has emerged as a significant concern and a business imperative for organizations today. Sustainability Leaders Video Series In this APAC Network video series hosted by Equinix, meet Asia-Pacific’s most inspiring people and companies leading the green revolution and charting a sustainable future for our planet.

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Digital mining for sustainability in a low-carbon economy

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For Petrosea — a multi-disciplinary mining, infrastructure, and oil and gas services company in Indonesia — attention shifted to pursuing more sustainable operations with lower carbon emissions. Sustainability performance information could only be gleaned by using a manual system to collect, consolidate, and analyze data.