If YETI can make a cup that keeps water cold or hot for hours and a cooler that holds ice for hours, then why aren’t we building houses with that same material?

Question

If YETI can make a cup that keeps water cold or hot for hours and a cooler that holds ice for hours, then why aren’t we building houses with that same material?

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Answer 1

Expense and practicality. A yet cup costs $15. A block of wood the same size costs like $1.50. Also, all of your doors and windows would have to be sealed hatches, it might be hard to scale, susceptible to leaks etc.

This is a common theme. Consumer goods frequently contain features/materials that are affordable at a small scale but could never be paid for at the scale of a construction project.