In a first-of-its-kind class offered this semester at Kansas State University, Professor Michael Gibson’s graduate seminar students completed final presentations on building with hempcrete. The class spent the first half of the year researching hempcrete projects from around the world and the material’s historical context.

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.

This article will focus on construction time, practical challenges, reliability and building sciences, between the two options.

A natural builder has constructed a hempcrete wall on his Boulder, CO property hoping the project will be a destination for the hemp-curious who want to see hemp building materials in action.

A hempcrete residential remodel of a blighted balloon-frame house in New Castle, PA is providing proof-of-concept for local farmers that there exists a realistic outlet for fiber industrial hemp in Pennsylvania.

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.

As Mexico waits at the threshold of a new era of cannabis decriminalization for adult use, medical marijuana and hemp, some hemp pioneers already have a head start.

The good news is in 2021, working in hemp building in the United States is more a possibility than at any point in the past.

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The Highland Hemp House is a “hempcrete” home in Bellingham, Washington. The project started in 2014 with researching healthy insulation for a small renovation.

An Allentown, Pa. company is the new North American distributor for a European spray-applied hempcrete system that can make hemp insulation quicker and cheaper to install, the company said.

Three pioneering companies in the emerging U.S. hemp-building industry will collaborate this spring on two projects that will use multiple hemp building techniques.

A movement to create low-cost mini-housing in the state of California may be the golden opportunity hemp building needs to enter the public consciousness, one builder and startup founder believes.