Hemp has thousands of potential uses,..

you can make almost anything from hemp: clothing, shoes, bags, food, rope, paper, soap, shampoo, medicine, and more.

And one area that hemp has a lot of potential is in using it for a variety of building materials. Hemp can be used to make hempcrete and it's a building material that more companies and individuals are now looking to use not just in the US but in other countries as well.

In the US right now, you can already find hempcrete buildings in places like Washington, New York, Kentucky, Idaho, and other areas.

It's been said that hempcrete might play a big role in helping to revolutionize the building industry and for very good reason. The benefits are diverse for opting to use hempcrete to build and they are reasons like sustainability, cost, it's non-toxic, and low energy etc.

What Is Hempcrete?

Hempcrete is a mixutre of hemp + with a lime-based binder + and water. The hemp that gets used is the woody core of the plant that gets chopped up and when it's finished being mixed it ends up looking like gray porridge or a very dark chicken salad (see below).

A number of construction professionals and other hempcrete advocates have been working hard to teach people about using the product and eventually trying to get hempcrete into the mainstream.

This includes an ex-police officer from Australia, Joe D'Alo, who has been credited with leading the charge in his community when it comes to birthing a rediscovery of this material with folks.

After D'Alo left his career with the force he took to pursuing environmentally-friendly construction endeavors and that led him to finding hempcrete. He has already built a hemp home in Australia and is looking to build many more.

There are people already making tiny homes out of hempcrete, others who are making hempcrete dog houses, hempcrete sheds, and more.

It's likely that in the next few years to come that we will see quite the variety of creative uses when it comes to products being made with hempcrete or hemp in general.

The hemp market is one of the most lucrative at the moment and hempcrete just provides one more way that hemp can be used to improve the lives of many.

Pics:
Ministry of Hemp via ministryofhemp.com/blog/tiny-hemp-houses-interview/
Clipart Panda via www.clipartpanda.com/categories/hemp-clipart
OGEE Supplies via ogeesupplies.co.uk/product/hempcrete/
via ukhempcrete.com/

Sources:
http://www.westword.com/marijuana/help-build-denvers-first-permitted-hempcrete-building-9470824
http://www.9news.com/news/local/next/denver-will-soon-have-a-building-made-from-hemp/474988923
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-18/high-hopes-hemp-could-revolutionise-australian-building-industry/8954994
http://www.occnewspaper.com/hempcrete-retrofit-project-advances-in-bellingham-wa/
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/north-west/excop-builds-momentum-for-use-of-hemp-in-homes/news-story/c414c856adb5a9fea9d10eb001f0d949
https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/new-building-construction-going-to-pot/

Pushing For A Rediscovery Of Hempcrete

Hemp has thousands of potential uses,..

In the US right now, you can already find hempcrete buildings in places like Washington, New York, Kentucky, Idaho, and other areas.

What Is Hempcrete?

There are people already making tiny homes out of hempcrete, others who are making hempcrete dog houses, hempcrete sheds, and more.

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