HempToday.net FIHO joins UN construction alliance to advance hemp for green building The Federation of International Hemp Organizations (FIHO) has joined a United Nations program through which it will work to position hemp as a... Read more...
HempToday.net Hemp builders mourn loss of Belgian innovator Wolf Jordan: ‘He glowed like light’ Wolf Jordan, who transitioned from the world of traditional construction to become a fierce proponent of natural building solutions, and who... Read more...
HempToday.net Symposium will hear about pre-fab building components, visit large-scale hempcrete project The move towards prefabricated building components is growing as interest grows in construction based on hempcrete and hemp fibers. The trend is... Read more...
HempToday.net 11th hemp building symposium will look at carbon, science, technology Carbon credits and how they relate to the hemp construction sector will be featured during this year’s International Hemp Building Symposium, set... Read more...
HempToday.net Hemp on par with wood in ability to capture and store greenhouse gas Hemp can store CO2 as efficiently as wood in raw materials for the construction industry, and should meet EU certification criteria for carbon... Read more...
HempToday.net UK project will explore environmental, business cases for hemp, other crops A £5.9 million (€6.9 million/$7.5 million) project in the UK puts hemp front and center as it embarks on a study about how effectively crops can... Read more...
HempToday.net Canadian team’s hempcrete building is ‘carbon-minimal, beautiful’ Construction of a newly opened hempcrete building at Canada’s University of British Columbia (UBC) resulted in 80 percent less carbon emissions... Read more...
HempToday.net Zimbabwe’s hemp fortunes hinge on diversification into fiber, foods As Zimbabwe continues to shape rules and laws for the hemp industry, the country needs to simultaneously build out infrastructure and expand... Read more...
HempToday.net Hempcrete takes ‘important step’ in U.S. by entering international code Hemp building stakeholders in the U.S. say they are putting the finishing touches on documentation that will enshrine hempcrete as an approved... Read more...
HempToday.net 20 hemp fiber processors now online in U.S., analyst says U.S. hemp fields are expected to reach 50,000 acres by 2028 as production expands at a rate of 34% per year and processing infrastructure... Read more...