Home sweet (hemp) home
27 November 2018
December 5 is UN World Soil Day. The building industry has thus been called to account for its role in the massive use of mineral raw materials and environmental pollution. One solution comes from the bio-construction sector which draws on unlimited sources of natural materials such as hemp, ... Read more
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Bio-based houses are seducing Latin America
10 May 2018The use of natural materials is growing rapidly in Argentina and other South American countries. Technical progress and policy implementation seem to go hand in hand The green building ... Read more -
Bio-homes to tackle the housing emergency
10 April 2018A new sustainable initiative in Bristol, in the UK, uses bio-based materials to face the need for additional and affordable housing supply Bristol is at the forefront of high-tech innovation ... Read more -
The many faces of hemp
14 December 2017The ecological properties of hemp makes it one of the types of insulation used in construction with the lowest carbon emissions footprint A relatively recent interest in hemp as a building ... Read more -
Living in a hemp house
14 December 2017Hemp, a multi-purpose crop that delivers fibres, shivs, seeds, and pharmaceuticals is currently used in insulation materials and bio-composites for a more sustainable construction industry. Russ ... Read more -
What about GMOs in our homes?
4 October 2017Adopting biobased materials in home building can slash construction costs, but is Europe ready to put aside its fears about GM products? One of the main contributors of CO2 emissions are the ... Read more