HempBuild Magazine: News About the Hemp Building Industry
Hempcrete Week: Judy Wicks Brings Local Power to PA
Judy Wicks, Pennsylvania author, businesswoman and fierce advocate of local economies, has turned her attention to hemp through her nonprofit All Together Now PA.
Ex SpaceX Engineers Making Hemp-Based OSB, Structural Timber
A North Carolina company, staffed with former engineers from SpaceX, hopes to win space billionaire Elon Musk’s XPrize with carbon-sequestering oriented strand board (OSB) and structural timber made from hemp.
Hemp Emergency Sleeper Cabin on Display, For Sale in Southwestern Colorado
A prototype hemp sleeper cabin, created as part of a challenge to create small, fire-resistant healthy emergency housing, will be on display at an open house Oct. 2 on the site of one of Colorado’s first licensed industrial hemp farms.
Hemp Building Leaders Raise Cash for ASTM Certifications
Industry experts in the emerging industrial hemp building industry gathered online in early September to raise money to submit hemp building materials for acceptance into U.S. building codes.
Belgium's IsoHemp Factory to Pump Out 5M Hemp Blocks Yearly
Belgian hemp block maker IsoHemp has opened a new factory which will increase the company’s production to 5 million blocks per year from 1 million, the company said. The new $5.9 million factory on 2 hectares is meeting a growing demand for hemp blocks for both renovation and new construction.
The Carbon Impact of Our Buildings
When the world came together and signed the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015, we witnessed almost 200 countries set their vision towards the goal of limiting global temperature, keeping it below the catastrophic 2°C tipping point.
Carl Martel: Hemp's Role in the 'Carbon Century'
Integrating hemp into building products is a boon to the environment. But what if hemp could be used to push sustainability even further?
Available Now! Hemp Building Directory 2022
Coming this Fall: HempBuild Magazine’s 2022 Hemp Building Directory is a valuable resource for homeowners, contractors, builders, suppliers and resource providers.
Save time on your hemp building projects: The directory offers the most comprehensive guide to the exploding hemp building industry.
Online Conference to Support Hemp in U.S. Building Codes
More than two dozen speakers and hemp building experts will appear virtually at an upcoming online fundraiser and conference to raise money to certify hemp as an official building material in U.S. building codes.
Sergiy Kovalenkov: Civil Engineer, Environmental Revolutionary
Sergiy “Dr. Hemphouse” Kovalenkov’s love for the environment and passion for sustainable construction is driving Hempire quickly towards their goal of “Changing the World Naturally!”
Hemp Building Workshop Coming to Colorado’s Front Range
Hemp enthusiasts and professionals will gather in Longmont, CO in late August to promote industrial uses of hemp and give a glimpse of new opportunities in agriculture and industry.
U.S. Dept. of Energy Lab Studying Hemp Insulation
The U.S. Department of Energy is supporting the extensive study of hemp-fiber insulation in a research and development program for entrepreneurs at the Tennessee-based Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
New Hempcrete Build In Scotland
During my time in Europe I’ve ended up working on three Hempcrete builds for Graham Durrant of Hemp-lime Spray. Graham has been very kind in not only giving me a job, but also always really took the time to really teach me the building science behind the material.
Hemp-Based Fiberboard Moves Closer to Mass Market
That new-construction-smell might actually be a slurry of chemicals being released from the particle board used in subfloors and walls. The air might also be heavy with guilt about using valuable and slow-growing trees in your building projects.
Hempcrete for Historic Preservation
A few thoughts on using hempcrete in the conservation and renovation of solid wall buildings.
The Future of Hemp: Meet the Cuevas Twins
If you are looking for the next big names in hemp, look no further than the Los Angeles-based “Hemp Twins,” Abigail and Noemy Cuevas. From tackling the housing crisis, to leading the way for LA’s Social Equity cannabis licenses, to creating sustainable building materials, the sisters are leaders in the hemp industry as well as their community.
Sustainability Advantages to Building with Hempcrete
Hempcrete construction brings along a private good through the lower operations cost of healthy houses, and a public good through a lower carbon footprint.
Harder than Oak: HempWood is Local, Sustainable Alternative
What if you didn’t have to wait 80+ years for an oak tree to grow large enough to be felled? A new innovation in the emerging hemp industry seeks to replace traditional hardwood with a woody product that grows in just a few months.
Ahead of Its Time: Hemp Building Documentary
We realized the need for a comprehensive film about industrial hemp and its benefits for human health and the environment that would hopefully give it the respect and research opportunities we were hearing about in other countries.