Italy’s northern region of Emilia-Romagna has provided €500,000 in financing for the development of a local industrial hemp supply chain focused on building materials and textiles. “The investment in hemp […]
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The Federation of International Hemp Organizations (FIHO) has joined a United Nations program through which it will work to position hemp as a source of sustainable building materials. FIHO joined
FIHO joins UN construction alliance to advance hemp for green building Read More »
Wolf Jordan, who transitioned from the world of traditional construction to become a fierce proponent of natural building solutions, and who inspired ecologically-minded builders the world over, has died at
Hemp builders mourn loss of Belgian innovator Wolf Jordan: ‘He glowed like light’ Read More »
The move towards prefabricated building components is growing as interest grows in construction based on hempcrete and hemp fibers. The trend is reflected in the program of the 11th International
Carbon credits and how they relate to the hemp construction sector will be featured during this year’s International Hemp Building Symposium, set for Amsterdam Oct. 10-11. Nando Knodel, a co-founder
11th hemp building symposium will look at carbon, science, technology Read More »
Hemp can store CO2 as efficiently as wood in raw materials for the construction industry, and should meet EU certification criteria for carbon credits, a new report from Germany suggests.
Hemp on par with wood in ability to capture and store greenhouse gas Read More »
A £5.9 million (€6.9 million/$7.5 million) project in the UK puts hemp front and center as it embarks on a study about how effectively crops can absorb greenhouse gas and
UK project will explore environmental, business cases for hemp, other crops Read More »
Construction of a newly opened hempcrete building at Canada’s University of British Columbia (UBC) resulted in 80 percent less carbon emissions than had it been built using traditional techniques and
Canadian team’s hempcrete building is ‘carbon-minimal, beautiful’ Read More »
As Zimbabwe continues to shape rules and laws for the hemp industry, the country needs to simultaneously build out infrastructure and expand research while spreading risk by moving beyond CBD
Zimbabwe’s hemp fortunes hinge on diversification into fiber, foods Read More »
Hemp building stakeholders in the U.S. say they are putting the finishing touches on documentation that will enshrine hempcrete as an approved building material for residential structures under the International
Hempcrete takes ‘important step’ in U.S. by entering international code Read More »
