HempBuild Magazine: News About the Hemp Building Industry
SXSW Hemp Building Mixer Raises Funds for Ukrainian Housing
Hemp building materials were featured at the SXSW Climate Change conference March 11 in Austin, TX, and the hemp building community came together to raise money to build refugee hempcrete housing in Ukraine.
Hemp Tiny Home Features Panel System
A Wisconsin company sold its first hemp tiny home this spring made with a hempcrete panel system installed in only five hours.
Spotlight: California Hemp Roundhouse
This winter, Californians Neil Decker and Stella Michaels completed a six-year journey to build their 1,800 sq. foot hempcrete roundhouse in Nevada County, CA.
‘You Guys are Golden’: OR Commercial Hemp Build Passes Fire-Resistance Test
Hemp-lime builders in Oregon are working on one of the largest commercial projects in the United States for which their hemp-based building materials passed 1-hour fire-resistance testing.
Vicarious Travels: Steve Barron - The Little Farm that Could and Did Margent Farms
Welcome to Margent Farms! Living on the edge and off the grid, we travel next to the illustrious hemp farm of the internationally acclaimed film director, Steve Barron.
Vicarious Travels: Meet UK's Will Stanwix aka ‘That Hempcrete Guy’
As Mark Twain said during his Grand Tour in 1867, “I travel to learn.” My name is Lilibet, and I welcome you on my European journey to finding the gems and pioneers of natural building techniques across the globe.
Hempitecture Opens Idaho Nonwoven Facility
Idaho-based Hempitecture, Inc., hosted the grand opening of their non-woven hemp-based insulation materials factory last week in Jerome, ID with confetti, a ribbon cutting and celebration.
Hemp Cinder Block Under Development at U Nebraska
A civil engineering professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has invented a hemp-based load-bearing masonry block that has the potential to “greenify” the construction industry while also promoting a new agricultural crop for US farmers.
Hemp Voices: Shifting Paradigms Through Education
It was during a natural building workshop halfway around the world that I came to realize how close we are, yet how far we’ve strayed from building our own homes.
$7.4 M Grant Awarded to Alberta Hemp Biocomposite Company for Facility
From Hemp Today: A Canadian hemp composite producer has received a $10 million (US $7.4 million) grant that will support development of a manufacturing facility to turn out products for the automotive, marine, wind energy and consumer products industries.
Hemp Building Institute to Take on Codes, Testing and Education, Founder Says
A new hemp building organization launched its website this week with a familiar face in a central leadership role.
Hemp Builders to Gather In Austin TX Around SXSW
A group of hemp builders will introduce audiences at the trendy SXSW conference and expo to hempcrete this year in March.
Hemp Building Directory 2023 Released
The publishers of HempBuildMag will release an all new guide to the international hemp building industry this month.
Massive Swedish Food Logistics Center to Feature Hemp Insulation
A Swedish real estate developer said it will build a net-zero carbon logistics center that combines insulation panels filled with hemp fiber and advanced solar energy infrastructure.
Hemp Voices: Tiny Hemp Homes can be Healthy, Affordable Solutions
A big part of my intention is to create home designs that are timeless and elegant, yet practical and healthy for the occupants and the planet.
Hemp Building: Looking Ahead for 2023
If hemp building products can shave off just a sliver of the annual $2.7 trillion U.S. building industry revenue, the industry can be brought to profitability and prices can lower to match those of conventional construction materials, advocates believe.
Hemp Building Trade Association Elects New Board
The trade association for hemp building in the United States announced a new slate of directors after members voted in an election that ended December 9.
US Dept. of Energy Supporting Hemp Building Products
The US Department of Energy is encouraging hemp building products in a program designed to bring innovative and carbon-sequestering green building materials to market.
Hemp Refugee Housing Built in Morshyn, Ukraine
Before Russia launched its senseless and brutal war on Ukraine, builder Sergiy Kovalenkov was well into a mission to bring environmentally friendly, healthy hempcrete living spaces to Ukrainian citizens.
California's New Carbon Laws Could Promote Hemp Construction
California is leading the way in reducing carbon emissions with the passing of Assembly Bill 2446 which aims to significantly reduce the amount of embodied carbon in new construction projects.