Hemp blocks are bigger, sturdier, and often are molded around an internal form that makes them stronger. These blocks are load-bearing and can be used as foundations to construct buildings. They're ...

Allin hopes this will lead to more farmers producing hemp crops and entrepreneurs seeing the opportunity to build the processing plants necessary to turn that hemp into building products. He says ...

Hemp blocks are costlier than traditional building products, but they help address environmental issues and can shave 20 to 30 percent off a typical construction schedule. By Kevin Williams As ...

Hemp-based building products are often advertised as being environmentally friendly and durable, but a study partnering Alvernia University and a Berks County company will soon put those claims to ...

In terms of building safety, the use of hemp-lime mixtures as a non-load-bearing building material was included in the 2024 International Residential Code (IRC), which governs U.S. residential ...

Hemp can be used to create building materials such as hemp-clay bricks and hempcrete. One of the newest hemp innovations is using it as a form of building insulation.

The Lower Sioux will be building a hemp processing facility — and the first hempcrete test home — this spring. $2 for 6 months SUBSCRIBE NOW Read Today's Paper Sunday, April 27 ...

The most sustainable building material is not concrete or steel — it is fast-growing hemp. Hemp structures date to Roman times. A hemp mortar bridge was constructed back in the 6th century, when ...