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Architects build revolutionary home using hemp-based concrete: 'Provides a distinctive, earthy look that complements the natural, organic feel'
State of Kin has completed the construction of Proclamation House in Subiaco, Australia, using a hemp render in the concrete of the structure, according to Dezeen. The firm says that the unique ...
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Indigenous-owned Alberta company making better building blocks — with hemp
Hemp is being transformed into building blocks at a new Indigenous-owned processing plant in the community of Elk Point, 200 ...
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Climate startup develops technology that could disrupt the concrete industry: 'No one in the world has [done this]'
Hempcrete, or concrete made with hemp as one of the primary ingredients, can also serve as a carbon sink. And researchers have been perfecting a type of concrete made from rice that can also ...
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Indigenous-owned Alberta company making better building blocks — with hemp
A new manufacturing plant in the northeastern Alberta community of Elk Point is blending hemp and other additives into concrete to make lightweight building blocks resistant to weather ...