We at Eco Brooklyn have been in love with Hempcrete – a mix of lime and hemp for walls – for years. A hempcrete wall provides strength, protection and insulation all in one. Compared to stick and frame building it uses much less wood and is much more solid of a structure. A hempcrete home …
One of the challenges we face when doing High Energy retrofits of NY masonry brownstones, by the Passive House standard for example, is how to install insulation that will both be effective and maintain the historical integrity of the building. Most existing insulation materials have limited usefulness when installed on the interior of the envelope, due …
Below is an interesting post from The Emerald Triangle News that quotes a major phyto remediation company saying that out of all the plants they have tried hemp is the most effective at removing toxins from soil. Phyto remediation is the process of growing plants on toxic soil to remove the toxins. It is a …
Hemp is actually one of societies oldest cultivated plants and has only in the past century gotten a bad name mostly due to political and financial interests wanting to dissuade its use. But recently it is becoming more popular again as a building material. Check out these videos on the topic. They show how hemp is a …
