We’re currently working on a hempcrete project, permitted, ground-up, two-story residence in south-central Austin. This project required careful design to preserve many heritage trees on site.
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“Investors like quick returns, while hemp projects are about legacy and support of future generations.”
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Hemp-lime is essentially fireproof and pestproof, is vapor-permeable, and provides substantial sound attenuation and thermal resistance. No other material can do all that.
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We build homes in harsh climates above 5000' elevation and fire-danger zones. Our clients report that their homes' performance exceeds expectations. And so I continue to be fascinated by hemp-lime's thermal and hygroscopic capabilities.
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I’m most interested in the potential hemp brings to rebuilding our tribal and First Nations communities. We can grow our own homes. Better healthy homes for our people and their children.
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What motivates myself and team Tiger Fiber to pursue the hemp building sector is the ability to help develop a truly sustainable construction industry, as the world looks to build out more new living space to be the largest in the history of humanity over the next 30 years.
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Ten years ago I built my own Hempcrete house, at a time when Hempcrete was just starting out in Australia. My hempcrete home functions so well that it does not need mechanical heating or cooling.
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I am gobsmacked by the vast size and scope that is the ocean of opportunity in the hemp space. Hemp building is but one niche that has niches within niches.
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At CASE and RPI we believe in leapfrogging ahead of existing technology. Our focus is on developing more advanced, next-generation products and processes that can enable wider adoption of hemp as a mainstream raw material for construction.
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Over the past year we have seen the emergence of more and more builders who are repeat customers.
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I am very passionate about sustainability efforts, especially in the construction industry. Hemp building presents opportunities for safer, healthier, longer-lasting products that are also more Earth-friendly.
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This past year was the year of the Americhanvre-trained Ereasy system Owner/Operator! The "Americanized" Ereasy systems were delivered beginning in January, and by April the first owner/operator-led Ereasy projects began to occur around the country.
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I really love the idea of building homes that are in sync with nature. Homes that bring peace and safety to people. Homes that represent healthy living and love for our planet. I think this industry can change the building world and I love spreading that message.
As a CEO of "I-Hemp Katalyst," I am dedicated to Katalyzing change in the industrial hemp market, my role encompasses a broad range of responsibilities and activities to undertake to transform the industrial hemp industry:
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I have always been impressed with the performance potential of hemp buildings and the associated impacts on the wellbeing of people.
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Any carbon storing, non-toxic, fire safe material is worth fighting for in my book.
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Hemp’s innate material qualities allow for elegant one stop solutions to building science problems the industry has struggled with for years including, dealing with moisture management, fire rated assemblies, IAQ, net carbon storing solutions, and continuous thermal boundary optimization.
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I love the idea of using environmental building materials made from renewable hemp. I want to be able to “save the trees"
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As a processor I need to understand exactly what our builders are needing. Then I can turn around and ask our farmer's to grow exactly what we need for our processing facility. It really is a full circle approach for every level to be successful.
We got hemp textiles to Patagonia and other hemp growers to form a hemp tool bag for Patagonia and recognized that White Earth natives and Navaho Indians and South Dakota natives made this bag.
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