IHBA Symposium will explore advanced solutions for hemp building
Delegates to this year’s International Hemp Building Symposium can see demonstrations of hemp decortication technology and hempcrete spraying during the 10th edition of the event,…
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Hempcrete home in Serbia was ‘grow-your-own’ and ‘do-it-yourself’
“It has long been my dream to make a natural home and create a self-sufficient household, and now I’ve done it,” says Serbian hemp grower and do-it-yourself…
Modular system offers framed hempcrete panels for faster builds
A North Dakota company has developed a building system based on inter-connecting pre-fabricated panels for the construction of single-story homes. Homeland Hempcrete of Bismarck has…
Italian project aims to clean up polluted land, turn out fiber products
An initiative in southern Italy aims to boost hemp growing to clean up polluted land while producing hemp stalks for processing into building materials and…
Hemp building association calls for overhaul of performance criteria
Current methods for measuring the energy performance of building materials are flawed, and give a false representation of overall performance, according to a recently released…
‘Explosive’ demand for hurd in Europe is bright signal for hemp building
A current supply crunch on hemp hurd in Europe, while a temporary inconvenience, signals a major shift forward for the hemp building sector and can…
Researchers say hemp-based rebar could replace steel in construction
Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA) say they have developed a hemp‐based rebar reinforcing technology for cement construction. Alexandros Tsamis, assistant professor of architecture and…
Interest in building materials rising fast
[Last in a series of recaps on industry developments in 2021] The market for hemp building materials is still small, but momentum is growing. Hemp…
Model home is blueprint for sustainable, affordable housing in India
A startup in India’s Uttarakhand state has completed a hemp-based home it hopes will serve as a model for the expansion of sustainable, affordable housing…
New book looks at 50 hemp building projects around the globe
A new book by hemp building pioneer Steve Allin takes a comprehensive overview of projects that showcase the use of hemp-based materials in architectural examples…
