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Building with Hemp in America: The Forefront of a New Green Construction Technique
November 22, 2009 – Leave it to Asheville N.C. to be the first place in the country to build not just one, but two houses largely out of hemp. Well-established as a green building center, Asheville has two homes under construction – one in West Asheville, another off Town Mountain Road – that use hemp…
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House of Hemp & Straw Passes Fire Test
November 20th, 2009 – U.K. – A house built from straw-bales and panels of hemp has passed an industry standard fire safety test which exposed it to temperatures above 1,000C. BaleHaus@Bath is part of a new research project at the University of Bath into how renewable building materials can be used for homes of the…
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Rapid Growth in Hemp-based Construction
November 18, 2009 – A visit to the Innovation Park at BRE in Watford has been arranged as part of the Natural Fibres 09 conference, which takes place at the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining in London from December 14-16. The park showcases modern methods of construction and features over 200 different emerging technologies…
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Not Just for Macrame: Carbon-Negative Hemp Buildings
November 10, 2009 – The demand for more environmentally-friendly building materials and techniques is at an all-time high and will, in all likelihood, only continue to increase. Since buildings account for 38% of the total carbon dioxide emissions in the U.S., it’s obviously time for us to take a step back and rethink the way…
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Restrictive Laws Wall Off Hemp Bricks
November 7, 2009 – Assess for us, if you would, the qualities of this sustainable construction material: * Bio-negative manufacturing (more carbon dioxide is locked up in the process of growing and harvesting the component materials than is released during the production of the binding ingredient) * 100% recyclable (can be used as fertilizer after…
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Growth of Medical-Marijuana Demand Fuels Colorado Land Rush
October 26, 2009 – Real estate brokers say that Colorado’s medical-marijuana law has sparked a land rush, as entrepreneurs lured by a growing number of licensed users search for properties for growing or selling pot. In a down real estate market, landlords who might otherwise wait for more conventional tenants are snapping at the opportunity…
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Carbon Negative Hemp Walls are 7x Stronger than Concrete
August 24, 2009 – Buildings account for thirty-eight percent of the CO2 emissions in the U.S., according to the U.S. Green Building Council, and demand for carbon neutral and/or zero footprint buildings is at an all-time high. Now there is a new building material that is not just carbon neutral, but is actually carbon negative.…
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Green Building with Hemp – Worldwide Symposium
August 9, 2009 – The 1st International Hemp Building Symposium is a ‘call to action’ for natural building professionals from all over the world. Join builders, design professionals, and companies, all committed to building, sustainably with natural materials. For the event to learn or share details of hemp fiber construction, exchange knowledge, make contacts with…
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Would You Live in an Earthquake-Resistant Home Made From Straw and Hemp?
Jul 18, 2009 – You might not think that a straw/hemp house could be better insulated than one made of, say, brick, but that’s exactly what researchers at the University of Bath in the U.K. intend to prove with the BaleHaus, a home constructed from straw bale and hemp cladding panels. The home, which has…
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The House that Hemp Built
July 16th, 2009 – Archial Architects recently unveiled a house made from a combination of hemp and a lime-based binding agent. The innovative design combines the industrial strength fibers of the hemp plant with a binding agent to create what has been dubbed “hempcrete.” Among the benefits of using hempcrete in housing construction is the…