Texas Healthy Homes
Learn constructive techniques that combine traditional knowledge with contemporary bio-construction methods.
We will explore the potential of natural materials as an alternative to create healthy, durable, and low-impact spaces.
Join us at Diggers Co-op in Acton, ME to learn about building with hemp - including sourcing the materials, mixing the recipe, & installing it to form a livable structure.
We are creating a whole new building style where we are using Lavacrete for structural columns instead of lumber framing.
This union of natural materials is the best of both worlds.
They belong together. So join us for a ground-breaking building party.
The US Hemp Building Association board voted to support the creation of commercial guide specifications for hempcrete, making it easier for architects to choose hemp in large-scale projects.
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.
Hempcrete construction brings along a private good through the lower operations cost of healthy houses, and a public good through a lower carbon footprint.
Pennsylvania-based hemp building pioneers CoExist Build have released a build-it-yourself 140 sq. foot hemp cabin that can be used as a home office.
Over the past year, nine hemp-based building material manufacturers got the chance to take part in a program the US hemp industry has needed for a long time: the creation of standardized, third-party test data required by U.S. building codes and permitting agencies.
Almost two decades after a pioneering hempcrete structure was built near the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, members of the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Makoce Agriculture Program learned how to spray hempcrete this summer.
Hemp builders and advocates of sustainable building remembered Austin, TX-based eco-architect Pliny Fisk, III, 82, who died July 27, for his support for hemp-lime building practices that helped Austin become a leader in adopting hemp lime in city building codes.
A hempcrete house in Black Mountain, NC has made a significant rebound in the two years since Hurricane Helene roared through. Apeldoorne House, was selected as a “Top 1% property” by online rental company AirBnb.
One of the biggest motivations in using hemp and lime as a construction material was our interest in building “net zero” or “carbon-negative” or “climate-positive” or “carbon-neutral”– there are a lot of different terms being used, ultimately, it is about achieving a balance between the carbon emitted into the atmosphere, and the carbon removed from it.
A plan from Texas A&M University researchers to 3D print new resilient buildings using hempcrete has the potential to lower the environmental impact of traditional construction methods and make housing more affordable and available.
This article will focus on construction time, practical challenges, reliability and building sciences, between the two options.
Have you ever put a horse to bed? Did you know that horses sleep lying down?
Think about how much you love to put your head on your favorite, soft pillow…well, your horse feels the same way about its bedding. Horses and humans all know the value of a good night’s sleep.
Over the past year, nine hemp-based building material manufacturers got the chance to take part in a program the US hemp industry has needed for a long time: the creation of standardized, third-party test data required by U.S. building codes and permitting agencies.