HEMP BUILDING DIRECTORY 2022
Hempcrete home in Serbia. Photo Courtesy of Marko Milovanovic
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INTRODUCTION
elcome to Your Greenbuilt Revoluof the world’s most respected architecture firms, tion! As publishers of HempBuildMag. presented a prototype “hempcrete high-rise,” the com, we have enjoyed compiling and Urban Sequoia as a model for carbon sequestraproviding this comprehensive directory of the tion in the built environment. international hemp building industry in 2022 – and n Industrial hemp legalized in 65 new counour industry is growing every day! tries: Globally, the supply of industrial hemp raw If you’re interested in building with hemp, materials for building products will increase to you’ll find everything you need in one convenient meet demand, as dozens of countries come online place: Hemp and lime suppliers, green builders, to grow and process industrial hemp. architects, engineers, plasterers and equipment n Decarbonization a focus: Global focus on are all here. Plus, you’ll find a list of acareducing embodied carbon in the built demic resources, and suppliers of hemp environment puts the spotlight on hemp building products, from hemp blocks to building materials, from hempcrete to plasters, stains, flooring, batt insulation and hemp batt insulation to hemp OSB. We wallpaper. predict carbon credits and offsets will If you are a professional builder looking expand to construction soon. to expand into the hemp space, you’ll find n Big Tech takes a look at hemp: Editor: Jean L. the connections and contacts you need Microsoft is exploring using hempcrete Lotus here. building materials for new data centers, paving the way for more commercial uses of hemp materials. LOOKING TOWARD THE FUTURE: n Hemp and climate extremes: Hempcrete Some developments that make 2022 look prominsulation is both fire-resistant and mold proof and ising for hemp building materials and construction: keeps thermal environments regulated, lowering n Certification in US Building Codes: cooling and heating bills. Hemp building materials Hemp+lime (hempcrete) was submitted by the US are increasingly the answer to climate extremes Hemp Building Association into the US Internaand natural disasters. tional Residential Code Appendix. This will open We are excited for the future of hemp building the doors for hempcrete builders across the and construction, and we think you will be too. country to work with local building and permitting officials. n Hemp insulation a superstar at COP26, Glasgow: Skidmore Owings Merrill, (SOM), one
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