Water, essential to life and hempcrete
Known for its acoustic value, this natural building material has a bonus ability to readily accept lime and clay plasters as part of a complete vapor active assembly. Combined with hempcrete and plaster, this offers a seamlessly consistent interior finish. What’s not to love?
Read MoreGet down to the brass tacks of hempcrete with Alex Sparrow of UK Hempcrete and Tom Rossmassler of HempStone on Friday, August 14th. In this continuing education series, we dive into the details you really need to know to design and build with this bio-composite material.
Read MoreSit back, grab some popcorn, and check out this Video Production of the first hempcrete home in Massachusetts. This Virtual Tour and Talk is fun, informative, and jam-packed with multiple perspectives!
In 70 minutes, you’ll dive into this project, and hear from the building owner, the construction crew at Village Carpentry and Landscaping and the hempcrete consultants at HempStone. Discover the triumphs and challenges of this 'radically responsible' project!
Read MoreCob construction is about to become part of the 2021 International Residential Building Code. This is an exciting time for local, natural materials.
Hempcrete aspires to join the ranks of strawbale, light straw-clay, and now cob as a legitimate natural building material throughout the US and beyond.
Read MoreWhat’s the moisture level of your hempcrete?
We guide you through the hempcrete drying process and explain how to determine what a hempcrete wall is doing beyond what your eye can see.
Read MoreJoin us on July 8th for a Virtual Tour and Talk, hosted by the US Hemp Building Foundation.
This one-hour webinar showcases a new timber framed, hempcrete home in Goshen, Massachusetts.
Experience an in-depth look at this project from multiple perspectives: designer/owner Shelby Howland, the Village Carpentry and Landscaping construction crew, and HempStone natural building consultants!
Read MoreJoin Alex Sparrow of UK Hempcrete and Tom Rossmassler of HempStone for an introduction to a natural, carbon-beneficial building material. Hempcrete is a bio-composite walling and insulation material that has captured the attention of the construction industry in the US to address embodied carbon in buildings. Alex has been working with Hempcrete for over a decade in the UK, and co-authored The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime.
Read MoreDoes the name search for this bio-composite continue, or can it finally be put to rest? In this article, Alex Sparrow and Jennifer Martin explore the nomenclature behind hempcrete / hemp-lime and invite thoughtful dialogue on this evolving question.
Read MoreAt HempStone, we endeavor to build a sustainable construction industry - from the ground up! As US Hemp Building Association Regional Leaders, we work with our Leadership Partners to offer education, support, and engagement of hempcrete in Upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. How can we help you?
Read MoreSustainability is a buzzword in the construction industry, but what does it really mean? More importantly, how do you know what is sustainable, and what has been green-washed? We explore ways to frame your thinking on sustainable materials and offer insights to choose sustainable materials efficiently and effectively.
Read MoreThis spring, HempStone had the opportunity to evaluate a skidsteer and concrete mixing bucket for hempcrete.
After seeing for ourselves what this equipment can do to facilitate a smooth installation, we knew we had to share the advantages of using this equipment to efficiently and precisely install hempcrete.
Read MoreHempcrete 101 - Back to the Future with Carbon-beneficial Materials has shifted to online, and you are invited! We welcome you to this free one hour webinar on June 18th at 1pm EDT.
Learn something new, earn some professsional continuing education credits, and enjoy!
Alex and Tom will serve up some delightful imagery and fundamental details of hempcrete, and wet your appetite for an even deeper dive into hempcrete come August when NESEA hosts BE Boston 2020.
Read MoreHaving the right equipment makes all the difference in the world. In this post, we focus on the simple systems of conveyance for hempcrete - the humble bucket - every natural builder’s most important tool.
Read MoreIt’s official! The first Massachusetts hempcrete house is happening! Kudos to Village Carpentry and Landscaping for taking this momentous step to learn how to design and build with this new material! We’ve been thrilled to guide them along on this journey!
Read MoreJoin us May 6th for a free Zoom Webinar to discuss Hemp Building - sponsored by the US Hemp Building Association.
Special guests Alison Mears and Jonsara Ruth of The New School Parsons Healthy Materials Lab will discuss their research into hemp and lime.
This wall segment was used to demonstrate hempcrete installation practices, test binder mix and equipment solutions, and work out the details of formwork against a timber frame. Exposed to the elements, it will test durability over time.
Read MoreIn a previous post, we shared that we tested 86 hempcrete samples for thermal resistance. Here, we share the details of how we tested all these blocks.
Read MoreMassachusetts’ first hempcrete building is underway with the structural frame reaching skyward in early March. The timber frame, designed by Shelby Howland, and cut by the carpentry crew at Village Carpentry and Landscaping (with a wee bit of help by Catalyst).
Read MoreAn image problem, that is.
The term hempcrete conjurs some misconceptions and concerns. In this post we explore these challenges and address how to overcome them.
Read MoreWe’ve developed many different hempcrete mixes in order to find what works best for our New England climate. Join us for a sneak peak into our hempcrete shop and studio as we engage in making block tests.
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