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Findings

What our EPA-funded planning* found, starting with retrofit. Read the findings.

Research

Research that Morgan State University faculty led for BMOD:

  • Scanning vacant rowhouses with drone photogrammetry

  • Renovation feasibility indexes for Baltimore’s brick rowhouses

  • A scan of the supply chain an offsite housing industry would need

  • Survey and interior laser scan of the pilot rowhouse

Workshop recordings

  • Workshop 01: EPA Thriving Communities Stakeholder Kick-Off Meeting (November 12, 2025). Shaping the story of Baltimore as a hub for industrialized offsite construction. Watch Workshop 01.

  • Workshop 02: Context for Offsite Construction in the Baltimore Region (February 19, 2026). Barriers, incentives and opportunities in the region; a discussion led by MOD X, with an industry response from Reframe Systems. Watch Workshop 02.

  • Workshop 03: Conceptualizing a Baltimore Microfactory (March 19, 2026). Reframe Systems on what it would take to set up a microfactory in Baltimore. Watch Workshop 03.

* For the project titled “Baltimore Modular (BMOD)”, Christina D. Long, Ethan Cohen, Brent Sturlaugson, and Kamalesh Panthi served as subcontractors to the Maryland Center for Construction Education and Innovation (MCCEI) under the EPA Thriving Communities Grant administered through Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI). In this capacity, BMOD team members provided leadership on research, design, technology, and community and stakeholder engagement in support of the BMOD project, which focuses on offsite construction strategies for housing revitalization and workforce development in Baltimore.

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Field notes

What we saw at factories and innovation centers in Scotland, New England and Pittsburgh:

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Research, standards and organizations beyond BMOD. Browse Links Beyond.

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