HempBuild Magazine: News About the Hemp Building Industry

Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 8: Navigating the New Hempcrete Building Codes with Tim Callahan (IRC Appendix BL)

In this episode of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli is joined by Tim Callahan of Callahan Home Designs to discuss the landmark inclusion of hemp-lime (hempcrete) into the International Residential Code (IRC).

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 7: Is Natural Fiber Insulation Ready for Mainstream Buildings?

The Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 7 presents an interview with Hempitecture’s Mattie Mead and Annie Ball discussing the history of hemp batt fiber insulation and how specifiers can achieve lower embodied carbon and more healthy spaces with a natural plant fiber instead of spray foam or mineral wool insulation.

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Hemp Build Podcast Episode. 5 Hemp: High-Performance Building Material | Inside a Texas Hemp Processing Facility

In Episode 5 of the Hemp Build Podcast, host Ray Kaderli goes inside the Cleburne, Texas facility of CannaVision with CEO David Russell to show how industrial hemp is processed into consistent, construction-ready materials. You’ll see hemp bales fresh from the field, how fiber and woody core are separated, how materials are sized and refined, and how precision processing makes hemp suitable for real-world building applications—from hemp-lime (hempcrete) walls to plasters, insulation, and bio-composites.

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 3: Ep. 3 Inside a Hempcrete Engineer’s Playbook

Colorado engineer Mark Benjamin of Greeley-based Crown Jade Engineering joined Hemp Build School for the third in a podcast series spotlighting leaders in the hemp building industry and tailored to architects seeking continuing education (CE) credits.

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 2: Seed to Structure: Understanding U.S. Hemp Supply Chains for Building Materials

Hemp Build School rolled out a second in a podcast series spotlighting leaders in the hemp building industry and tailored to architects seeking continuing education (CE) credits in December.

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Hemp Build Podcast Ep. 1: Designing & Building Healthy Hemp Homes

Hemp Build School rolled out a new podcast series spotlighting leaders in the hemp building industry and tailored to architects seeking continuing education (CE) credits.

Guests from Colorado-based Healthy Hemp Homes were Eric Milburn, Tanner Bowman and David Milburn

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