1. How many people in the world live without adequate housing?

a. 1.2 billion

2. Currently, how much does it cost for ICON to 3D print an entire

home? How much do they want to eventually get the cost of 3D

printing an entire house to?

a. $10,000

b. $4,000

3. What is the common material ICON uses to print their houses?

a. cement

4. What is the largest size house (in square feet) ICON can currently

create?

a. 800 square feet

5. Currently, how long does it take ICON to print a single-story 650

square foot house?

a. 12 to 24 hours

6. What is the name of the printer ICON uses to print houses?

a. The Vulcan Printer

7. ICON lists 8 benefits of 3D printing a house, what are these 8

benefits?

a. Speed
 b. Lack of manual labor

c. Concrete is a well understood, affordable, resilient material

d. Concrete has a high thermal mass (comfort & energy efficiency)

e. 3D Printing produces a continuous, unbroken thermal envelope

(comfort & energy efficiency)

f. Replaces multiple systems of the home in one technology

(foundation, structure, insulation, interior & exterior sheathing,

moisture barrier, finished surfaces, etc.)

g. Near zero waste

h. Tremendous design freedom (curves and slopes are no more

challenging or expensive than straight, plumb lines).

8. What is the name of the code that ICON’s 3D printer uses to read

CAD (computer-aided drafting) models to actually print them out?

a. gcode

9. What is the focus of the non-profit organization - New Story?

a. international housing solutions

10. List 2 places where New Story wants to use ICON’s 3D printed

houses.

a. Haiti

b. El Salvador
11. According to New Story’s statistics, how many people live in

slums on Earth? What percentage is that of the world population?

a. 1.3 billion people live in slums.

b. 14% of the world population.

12. How long are 3D printed homes expected to last?

a. The printed homes are expected to last as long or longer than

standard Concrete Masonry Unit (CMU) built homes.

13. “Supporting affordable housing is one of the best ways to help

fast-growing cities in the global south run smoother and provide

benefits to all residents.”

14. “Demand for housing has outstripped supply, leading to a

proliferation of informal and substandard settlements.”

15. “Expanded rental markets for people of all income levels, with

legal protection for landlords and renters, can help meet the housing

needs of the urban poor while maintaining flexibility and encouraging

market-driven development.”

16. How many families in Cochabamba, Bolivia live in the María

Auxiliadora Community? Why is this type of community referred to as

a “community land trust?”

a. 420 families
 b. land purchased and held in trust as community-owned property

17. “Closing the housing gap by providing access to affordable,

adequate and secure housing will benefit everyone, not just the poor

and underserved, as cities become more productive, environmentally

sustainable, and truly places for all.”

18. In relation to 3D printing, what does “extrude” mean?

a. The act of placing the build material on the build platform,

normally by heating thermoplastic to a liquid state and pushing

it through a small nozzle.

19. In relation to 3D printing, what is “filament”?

a. The material that is used to print

20. In relation to 3D printing, what is “infill”?

a. The interior structure of a 3D printed model. To avoid wasting

plastic, 3D prints are typically printed with an inner mesh

structure rather than a solid interior.