It really doesn’t look like much, but hempcrete is the green building material that’s got eco-savvy homeowners and architects excited by its potential to be a sustainable alternative to ...

— The Lower Sioux Indian Community is building not only homes, but a future full of possibilities, out of hemp, or more specifically hempcrete. After years of work, the community is celebrating the ...

This video explores the potential of hemp building materials, including hemp blocks and hempcrete, as sustainable and fire-resistant alternatives to traditional concrete. It discusses the advantages ...

The hemp fields sprouting in a part of Canada best known for its giant oil patch show how climate change is disrupting the construction industry. Six years after setting up shop in the shadow of ...

MORTON — There has been a buzz growing around hemp the last several years as loosening regulations in the United States have started to make it easier to grow, process and use the plant in a variety ...

Hempcrete can be poured in place or stacked like bricks. (Courtesy ISO Hemp) First developed in France in the 1980s, hempcrete appears to be a miracle material in contrast to its traditional cousin, ...

As more people explore the potential of hemp building materials, research studies are focusing on hempcrete’s performance as a construction material. Hempcrete is made by combining pulverized hemp ...

David Brooks’s “Hempcrete” article (Monitor front page, March 31) extended his laudable crusade for “carbon neutrality” for products and manufacturing processes. It is more informative than he might ...

Hemp mixed with a lime binder makes green builders drool. Called hempcrete, this insulation material resists mold, fire and pests. It lasts forever (or close enough). It absorbs carbon. It’s commonly ...

The 380 square meter Pierre Chevet sports hall built by Paris studio Lemoal Lemoal is believed to be the country’s first public building built from hempcrete blocks. Lodged in Croissy-Beaubourg near ...

It was used to seal Chinese sailing vessels in 200 BCE, and to reinforce bridges when France was still Gaul. Hemp is one of the fastest-growing plants on the planet, and its potential as a building ...

The hempcrete duplex, constructed with a building material made of hemp, lime and water and built on the Lower Sioux Indian Community, will be used as emergency shelter for tribal members in need.