Texas Healthy Homes
Join us in Underwood, WA for an immersive natural plaster workshop as we continue work on a 1,800 SF hemp-lime residence in the beautiful Columbia Gorge.
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.
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.
A hempcrete home was the bio-construction project featured in a new case-study webinar by Colorado-based Natural Building Alliance. The webinar explained how one family financed and insured a hempcrete home in Wildwood GA
In a milestone for the development of sustainable construction in the Southern Cone, the city of General Pico hosted Argentina’s first theoretical-practical workshop on bioconstruction using industrial hemp and natural techniques.
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.
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.