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Hemp / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

Walls and Roofs

The best alternatives to drywall for finishing interior walls

...Hemp wall panels There is growing demand for hemp building materials, with applications for insulating, soundproofing and finishing. Hemp boards are not structural but they are a solid wall covering. Hemp is a one of the most sustainable alternatives to wood fiber for building materials as well as being non-toxic, so i...

Flooring and stairs

Natural non-toxic hemp flooring by HempWood & Tennessee Wood Flooring

...hemp flooring are gaining in popularity for those who want healthy homes with sustainable eco-friendly building materials. Hemp is a very sustainable crop given the quick growing time and the amount of carbon sequestered in hemp building products. A hemp crop goes from seed to ready-to-harvest in as little as 120 days,...

Insulation and soundproofing

Non-toxic natural building insulation made of grass

Natural building insulation materials In order to combat the climate change impact of the built environment, natural insulation materials such as hemp insulation, cellulose, wood fiber and grass insulation help us meet emission targets because they act as carbon storage. We are living in a time when the embodied energy...

Walls and Roofs

The easiest way to insulate walls from the exterior in older homes

How to insulate house walls from the outside Adding extra insulation to the exterior walls of an older home when renovating or remodeling is a great way of improving a home's walls thermal performance and reducing energy use while reducing heating bills, carbon footprint and improving a building's comfort level. It may...

Wood and organic materials

Hemp building supplies

...Hemp Coreboard. This light-weight board is made with 100% hemp hurd, the core of the hemp stalk. Hemp board production © Sunstrand LLC Why Hemp is healthy and sustainable To understand the significant environmental benefits of hemp-based products, it’s best to begin with hemp’s unique growth period. Hemp can go fro...

Insulation and soundproofing

Hemp insulation in Canada & USA - insulating naturally is an Eco-friendly alternative

...hemp still comes from France," says Sébastien Belec, General Manager of Nature Fibres, "but we hope that local production will soon meet all of our needs". Hemp insulation batts ready for Green Home construction © Nature Fibres The environmental impact of hemp: The lifecycle of hemp wool is a very appealing one from ...

Zero Carbon Building

BC's Budding carbon zero building ambitions on track for success at UBC...

...hemp and hempcrete - (which to be clear, have absolutely nothing to do with the infamous BC Bud from back in the day, but we simply couldn't resist being punny with the title... ) Interestingly, this attractive new institutional space at UBC is made out of hempcrete - a mixture of hemp fibres and lime that helps seque...