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Hemp Homes are Cutting Edge of Green Building
September 13, 2010 – In Asheville, N.C., a home built with thick hemp walls was completed this summer and two more are in the works. Dozens of hemp homes have been built in Europe in the past two decades, but they’re new to the United States, says David Madera, co-founder of Hemp Technologies, a company…
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Canada: Hemp Research Partnership Boosts Green Building Benefits
September 8, 2010 – A recent teleconference officially announced an industrial hemp partnership between the District of 100 Mile House in British Columbia and The Alternate Village at the University of Manitoba (U of M). The announcement follows an earlier meeting held in Winnipeg where district and The Alternate Village representatives explored potential opportunities for…
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Hemp House Takes Green Design To A New Level (VIDEO)
Agust 31, 2010 – “We heard that we could have a really great neighborhood party if it ever caught on fire,” Karen Korp jokes with CNN in this video about her and husband Russ Martin’s new home made from hemp in Asheville, North Carolina. The building material, “hempcrete,” is a combination of hemp, lime and…
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Used Plastic + Hemp = Lumber
August 16, 2010 – A UNC Charlotte researcher with a passion for sustainability is creating a new building material out of recycled plastic bottles and an ancient grass. Dr. Na Lu, an assistant professor at UNCC’s Department of Engineering Technology, has created a material she believes may outperform composite lumber and wood lumber in many…
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Affordable Housing Becomes Green with Hemp
August 2, 2010 – Entering the housing market is not only a challenge for first time buyers, but also for conscious consumers wanting to take care of the environment without spending a fortune. With now legal industrial hemp licenses available in many countries around the world, Growing Your Own Home has never been easier! According…
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Hemp: Roping in an Emerging Building Material
May 19, 2010 – When I began thinking about writing about alternative building materials, several came to mind. But what counts for “alternative,” anyway? For example, there are products that are greener versions of old standbys, such as triple-glazed windows or FSC-certified lumber. I could write about Serious Materials’ innovative EcoRock drywall, which they claim…
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5 Ways to Value Hemp
March 18, 2010 – If you wanted to find one topic that effectively illustrated the disconnect between perception and reality, that topic might be hemp. Wrestler-turned-Governor Jesse Ventura sez: “Industrial hemp http://everything.hemp.com is a very useful plant. I challenged the attorney general to get rid of the criminal stigma associated with hemp so we can…
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New Hemp Insulation Product Launches
March 10, 2010 – Hemp Technology, has announced the launch of Breathe™, an innovative new natural fibre insulation. The sustainably sourced product, which will play a key role in the nation’s drive to zero carbon construction, was officially launched at Ecobuild, the world’s largest sustainable construction event, at Earls Court, London on the the 2nd…
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Hemp: The Construction Plant
January 23, 2010 – Bath,U.K. – The director of the UK’S Building Research Establishment Centre for Innovative Construction Materials at the University of Bath recently started a £740,000 project, funded by the UK government and the construction industry, to study and develop the material’s use in building. The research builds on foundations laid more than…
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Another Use for Hemp: Home Construction
Tradical Hemcrete, a combination of hemp chips and lime-based binder, is the wall material of choice for a group of builders and designers in North Carolina Devember 7, 2009 – Fabrics and rugs made with industrial hemp are often cited as acceptably green alternatives to floor coverings made from petrochemicals, or to woolen rugs treated…