Swarm Build Data Collection

Seed Eco-Home

1. 2016 build featured 48 participants over 5 days, in which time we finished the structure and exterior, including in-ground hydronic tubing and photovoltaics array install on top of the roof. The interior, kitchen, or bathroom was not finished. The approximate human hours involved were 48*5*8 or about 1920 hours under the assumption that everyone was working 8 hours per day. However, the more realistic estimate is that the actual work time - outside of people resting or classroom learning sessions - was more like 50% resource utilization - making the build about 1000 hours of build time. This was for a 1400 sf structure.