hemp-lime

Hempcrete ‘Architect’s Toolkit’ Released by USHBA

Commercial and residential architects will be able to more easily design for US buildings using hemp-lime (hempcrete) thanks to new technical resources released this week through the US Hemp Building Association. “US architects who want to design homes and the big multi-story hemp-lime projects that are popping up in Europe have been frustrated because there’s […]

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Where do your “sustainable” hemp building materials come from?

Health risks of shipping pollution have been ‘underestimated’ This article is more than 14 years old One giant container ship can emit almost the same amount of cancer and asthma-causing chemicals as 50m cars, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2009/apr/09/shipping-pollution I read the article and was shocked! While I had the feeling it was bad, had no idea

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How Hempcrete can Relieve the Portland Cement Shortages

Have you heard? There’s a shortage of Portland cement that (almost) no one is talking about. It’s gotten bad enough that contractors are delaying jobs and weighing lay-offs. The good news, is that hempcrete (or hemp-lime) construction is a highly sustainable alternative that can help relieve the shortages. Portland cement: always there… until it’s not

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