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As with much of Biodesign, our ICF is reinventing a previous solution with the goal of addressing larger environmental and humanitarian challenges. ICFs were invented in the 1930s and became very popular after WWII during reconstruction for their ease of use and minimal required training. Today, communities across the globe are in need of new housing quickly due to bargaining populations,  inflation, extreme weather, and human-caused conflicts. ICFs can once more meet this need. But traditional ICFs made from styrofoam and carbonized wood fibers have large carbon footprints and are imperfect with issues with flammability and chemical seepage. 

 

Mycelium addresses these issues and goes further, providing incredibly high UV protection, a potential food source, and the ability to use a variety of waste as its base substrate. This makes mycelium the perfect candidate to dominate the construction of homes that address the human and environmental needs of climate change and its resulting crises. 

 

Our product will allow homes to be built quickly by workers with little training or those who need housing themselves. It will construct homes for those that are displaced by climate change, and produce homes that are intrinsically resistant to extreme weather through its fire, water, and UV protection. The production of mycelium ICFs will not increase the causes of climate change and will provide local communities with an uplifting, and food-producing, industry.