We are insulating 6 existing cabins with my Hemp Blocks at an iconic educational camp in the middle of the desert called Camp Cooper.

What interests us most is the sustainability of building with hemp as well as the energy efficiency and overall superiority of the product.

I am deeply committed to bridging the gap between nature and innovation

We seek to bring the cost of sustainable construction below that of traditional construction by combining the hemp distribution, binder manufacturing, and modular (block/panel) production, and training certification all within a single warehouse…with plans to build 50 houses in 2025 within 20 minutes of the factory (thus providing constant projects for our team).

Carbon storing and non toxic materials will be the building materials of the future.

We build homes in harsh climates above 5000' elevation and fire-danger zones. Our clients report that their homes' performance exceeds expectations.

I’m totally fascinated by how hemp turns something as humble as a plant into a superhero building material.

Hemp, and the blocks we make, are the building material of the future.

A significant win for Gradek Contracting was pioneering one of the first hempcrete residential projects in Austin, TX.

 We are seeing more and more projects reach completion both from first time builders and repeat customers. 

Hemp is reviving our community and I believe it’s the perfect blueprint for other communities –especially indigenous or underprivileged communities. That’s still what most interests me about hemp building.

The versatility of hemp is remarkable. Its use cases and properties as a building material (lightweight, fire-resistant, mold-resistant, and durable) make it a practical choice for so many types of eco-friendly construction.

For me, hemp building’s most interesting elements are simplicity, source and performance.

My mission is to create initiatives that directly increase revenue for industrial hemp stakeholders, throughout the value chain, from farmer to user.

As we become more aware of how the environments we live and work in play a role in our overall health, its exciting to think our industry can play a role in bettering people’s lives without even knowing it.

We specialize in high-performance and green building, leveraging cutting-edge building systems to create higher-quality, better-performing homes.

The biggest attraction of hemp lime for me was its antimicrobial resiliency and how the material can regulate humidity in the built environment.

The U.S. Department of Energy has called for net zero embodied carbon and operational energy residential homes to be the new normal by the year 2050.  Our solution can deliver on this now!  Biobased construction materials are the future and we will live to see their adoption.

IHI is focusing on three initiatives at this time to steward key industry knowledge to make hempcrete available to the mainstream construction industry at scale under professional rules. We are also leaning into cultural wisdom from indigenous housing to bring forward what we learn to help us in modern times.

The understanding that hemplime is currently sequestering carbon at the microscopic level inside all of the construction projects that have been completed in the modern era, as someone is reading this text, just blows my mind.