Posts tagged US Department of energy
DOE Awards $1.5M to Rensselaer Polytechnic for Hemp Retrofit Insulation
DOE Awards $1.5M to Rensselaer Polytechnic for Hemp Retrofit Insulation

Researchers at Troy, NY-based Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) received a $1.5 million 3-year grant from the US Department of Energy to develop a hemp-based low-cost insulation panel that can cut heating and cooling costs in home retrofits.

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Biocomposites, Building materialsJean Lotus2024-03, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Alexandros Tsamis, Daniel Walczyk, US Department of energy, BENEFIT, Hakan Hekimoglu, Arta Yazdanseta, Hempitecture, Mattie MeadComment
Hemp Building: Looking Ahead for 2023
Hemp Building: Looking Ahead for 2023

If hemp building products can shave off just a sliver of the annual $2.7 trillion U.S. building industry revenue, the industry can be brought to profitability and prices can lower to match those of conventional construction materials, advocates believe. 

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Building materials, environmental building, hemp lime, hempcrete, GiftsJean Lotus2023_01, US Hemp Building Asociation, DiVita Blocks, US Department of energy, Buy Clean Program, Biden-Harris Inflation Reduction Act, Green and Resilient Retrofit, General Services Administration, HempWood, Hempitecture, Inc., Texas A&M University, Earth Merchant, IMPEL incubator program, okom wrks labs, International Code Council, International Residential Code, SXSWComment