Hemp building

A new HempLime home designed as healthy, affordable, and visitable housing, supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture and partnering with expert HempLime builder, Cameron McIntosh from Americhanvre, and DON Enterprise.

Home Grown in the Byron Hinterland, Hemp Habitat is an R&D practice by Balanced Earth co-founder Luke Wrencher, culminating his life’s work of conscious building and artistic expression. The result is an off-grid, natural home formed from reclaimed timbers and 65 tonnes of hempcrete.

Hemp ‘shiv’, which is the inner woody core of industrial hemp plants, are cut into short lengths and mixed with a binder. This is primarily made up of hydraulic lime which is combined with water. When mixed it becomes porridge like in consistency, and is ready to place into the formwork to form monolithic walls of the house, both interior and exterior. Mixing only takes a couple of minutes (with the right hardware), and once the hempcrete has been placed, it is firm within an hour, solid…

Take a deeper look at three hemp homes built this summer in Texas, Colorado and Michigan.

TRULY SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS. Pionering biobased insulation manufactured from industrial hemp and natural fibers.

Hempcrete, a material made from the versatile hemp plant, presents a new approach to building sustainable constructions.

A prefabricated panel house using hempcrete insulation.... natural building by William Stanwix.

Hemp Eco Systems is a group of proffesional ready to assist you with your hemp building needs. Get in contact with us to set up a consultation, order equipment and materials or receive training

What's new in Hempcrete Blocks? It was really interesting to see IsoHemp's new Hempro loadbearing system for hempcrete block walls under construction on site last month. The new system consists of normal hempcrete blocks that have been adapted to allow the casting of a reinforced concrete frame inside the hempcrete wall as the building goes

Professor Tom Woolley from Rachel Bevan Architects explains what hempcrete is, how it is mixed and applied, and what the pros and cons of using it are. Interview with Tom Woolley Tom became interested in environmental issues in the 1980's after doing a lot of work with community groups. In the 90's he worked on producing the “Green […]