Large quantities, fast methods needed for hempcrete to meet promise in housing
By Steve Allin When I first got involved with attempting to set up an industrial hemp industry in Ireland I spent a lot of time…
Hempcrete
Pre-fab hempcrete construction materials offer alternative to traditional builds
Pre-fabricated hemp building solutions will get special attention at this year’s 10th edition of the International Hemp Building Symposium, set for Lacapelle Marival, France, Oct. 11-12, 2022….
South African project demonstrates hemp’s potential to upgrade existing buildings
Two South African companies say they will put the finishing touches on a seven-story building expansion constructed with hemp blocks later this year. Hemporium and…
Tests at Kansas university show hempcrete’s potential in net-zero buildings
Hempcrete failed to surpass petrochemical-based foams in insulation performance but can still be a viable replacement for traditional construction materials in sustainable “net-zero” buildings, experiments…
Hemp’s promise to heal a fragile world: Energy, food, housing, environment
By Steve Allin If the COVID-19 pandemic was, as U.N Secretary-General Antonio António Guterres said, “like an X-ray revealing fractures in the fragile skeleton of…
Dun Agro will set up advanced, large-scale hemp processing facilities in Indiana
Dun Agro Hemp Group, Inc., the American corporation of the leading Dutch hemp company, said it will set up North American headquarters and build its…
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,…
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…
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…
