Resilient Cores: New Homes for America

This project ensure that the cost to insure, rebuild, and relocation of homes along the coast is minimized.

American builders continue to follow the stick-built model of home building which, while cheap, is not very resilient to coastal dangers.

This technology and design based solution creates a lightweight metal core which will withstand multiple natural disasters and protect expensive utilities (electrical, sewer, water etc.) so that rebuild and hence insurance costs are minimal. It also ensures that when mass migration is required due to abandoning of homes, the most precious parts of a single-family home's infrastructure can be easily moved and reused. 

The solution combines the best of mass-production and customization in single-family homes.

The technological leap required is minimal but can reduce the costs associated with coastal flood insurance, rebuild, and relocation drastically.

The home core design will be customized based on details about coastal risk and resilience needs.

Test One built prototype in field and over a 100 computer simulated prototypes in coastal communities across America.

Just between hurricanes Maria and Harvey nearly 100,000 homes were completely destroyed. The vision for the next three to five years is simple: The next wave of coastal destruction will see rebuilding based on the technology and methods of this solution.

The marketing campaign will target new builders and coastal communities. The solution also works well in tornado alley.

Solve allows visibility for the solutions and potential partnerships.

Key barriers are creating a successful path to the business model.