And this technology may suddenly become mainstream because of the incredible damage to housing that Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria have done in 2017. Harvey is estimated to have completely destroyed 12,700 homes. Irma is estimated to have destroyed 25% of all homes in the Florida Keys.
Maria is estimated to have caused damage worth as much as $30 billion across the Caribbean. Dominica, an island that I’ve been to go hiking and canyoning, experienced a near 100% loss of houses and buildings. It’s unlikely that Dominica can afford to reconstruct itself using the old-fashioned, traditional way of building houses and buildings. It would cost too much money, and it would take too long.