An Australian company has secured an exclusive distributorship in the USA for a hempcrete building system it says is cost competitive with traditional construction. Queensland-based HempBLOCK Australia also has begun […]
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A Kansas, USA hemp company says it will bring a new decortication factory online in March, with plans to process stalks from up to 2,000 acres of nearby fields this
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By Robert Ziner, CIHC, Canada According to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the conventional building sector contributes up to 30% of total annual greenhouse gas emissions globally. Left unchecked, those
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Belgian hemp block maker IsoHemp said it has raised nearly €7 million to build a new high-tech factory, as the company sees demand rising for its pre-formed building materials. Planned
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Nepal-based Shah Hemp Inno-Ventures (SHIV) has completed a hempcrete structure that serves as a specialized craniofacial surgery and recovery center, the only such medical facility of its kind in the
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A team of researchers at New York’s Parsons School of Design has authored a nearly 200-page book laying out the case for hemp building materials as a healthy, environmentally sound
Book by U.S. research team lays out case for hemp building Read More »
By Steve Allin It is scary how things can change in just a few weeks. Unless you were living in China during January, most of us thought the outbreak of
Despite the problems brought on by virus, a call to till on Read More »
The development of hemp board, modular hemp construction, and load-bearing hemp bricks are only a few of the topics on tap at the International Hemp Building Symposium, March 31 –
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Hempcrete’s perfect performance in recent fire resistance tests in the USA can help move the material one step closer to acceptance after samples put together by U.S. hemp builder Hempitecture
Hempcrete scores a perfect ‘O’ under ASTM fire testing in USA Read More »
