FAQ's | Hemp Technologies Collective. Frequently Asked Questions Q1. I want to build my house with hemp/lime but the building department in my state have never heard of ”Hempcrete” and B&S are saying it must be state approved. What do I do next? A. For all the hemp homes we have built in USA we have used the "Non-Conventional" codes or "Alternative Building Materials" codes which every state and B&S department have. Even in NZ where we are building many hemp homes presently we have used these same codes that every jurisdiction must have to allow people to build their own shelter under the constitution of the United States.In some cases you may be required to sign an indemnity to the city before being granted a building permit. Q3. Q6. Q9. Casting into single-sided temporary shutters, a 3-4 man crew can cast an average 200 cubic feet per day (1 less man).
Q11. Q12. Q13. Q14. Q17. Q22. Q24. Q26. NOTE: Hemp Technologies assumes no liability from any person, company or entity who decides to mix and use ”Hempcrete”. Growing our way out of climate change by building with hemp and wood fibre | Guardian Sustainable Business. How can buildings help with climate change? It’s all about renewables and “sequestered carbon”. The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills’ 2010 report on Low Carbon Construction concluded that construction was responsible for around 300m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, which is almost 47% of the UK’s total. Of this, around 50m tonnes is embedded in the fabric of buildings. Making one tonne of steel emits 1.46 tonnes of CO2 and 198kg of CO2 is emitted make one tonne of reinforced concrete. One square metre of timber framed, hemp-lime wall (weighing 120kg), after allowing for the energy cost of transporting and assembling the materials actually stores 35.5kg of CO2. If we can convert plants into building materials, we are in a win-win situation.
Plants use the energy of the sun to convert atmospheric CO2 and water into hydrocarbons – the material from which plants are made. This is because they are “vapour active”. Alternative Building Materials on Pinterest | 104 Pins. Hemp: A New Crop with New Uses for North America. Index | Search | Home | Table of Contents Small, E. and D. Marcus. 2002. Hemp: A new crop with new uses for North America. p. 284–326. In: J. Ernest Small and David Marcus *This paper was considerably improved by criticism provided by A. “Hemp” refers primarily to Cannabis sativa L. Probably indigenous to temperate Asia, C. sativa is the most widely cited example of a “camp follower.”
Hemp, grown under license mostly in Canada, is the most publicized “new” crop in North America. Cannabis sativa is extremely unusual in the diversity of products for which it is or can be cultivated. Table 1. Table 2. Fig. 1. Cannabis sativa is an annual wind-pollinated plant, normally dioecious and dimorphic, although sometimes monoecious (mostly in several modern European fiber cultivars). Fig. 2. Fig. 5. Highly selected forms of the fiber cultigen possess features maximizing fiber production.
Until recent times, the cultivation of hemp primarily as an oilseed was largely unknown, except in Russia. Food. Industrial Hemp. Colorado. Hemp FarmingColorado, USA November, 2012: the Governor made owning small amounts of marijuana in Colorado legal when he signed Amendment 64 into the state Constitution. With the same stroke of his pen, he also opened the door to hemp. You see, the amendment directs state lawmakers to regulate industrial hemp. Right now, hemp products, from clothes to cereal, pull in hundreds of millions of dollars annually in the U.S.A. but farmers here aren’t getting any of that money.
A federal ban on growing hemp means manufacturers must import the raw material. Well, now that Colorado’s thrown its support behind hemp, farmer Michael Bowman says he’s going to grow it. To get involved with Hemp in Colorado, visit here.
Hemp Facts. Industrial Hemp Facts(No THC here) Prototype Lotus Elise The Eco Elise , released at the British Motor Show in 2008, uses a host of sustainable materials to make up the body and trim, including hemp, "eco wool," sisal and a new high-tech, water-based paint. WOW! Hemp is the miracle plant of our time, breathing in 4x the carbon dioxide (CO2) of trees during it's quick 12-14 week growing cycle. 1807: Napoleon signs Treaty with Russia to cut off all legal Russian Hemp trade with Britain. but the Czar refuses to enforce the treaty and turns a blind eye to Britain’s illegal Hemp trade.
June 24th, 1812 Napoleon invades Russia to try and put an end to Britain’s main supply of Russian Hemp but by the end of the year the Russian winter had decimated most of Napoleon’s forces. View this video of Henry Ford's plastic car, built to help American farmers by using cellulose grown on the land, such as southern slash pine fiber, straw, ramie and HEMP. . * Hemp called 'Billion Dollar Crop.' Growing Jobs in Colorado / Agricultural Hemp Initiative.
Hemp Products. Hemp Industry Associations. Anti-hemp lobby. International Hemp Production. Hemp Legislatoin. Industrial hemp could jump-start economy. By Amy Gillentine The Declaration of Independence was written on paper made of hemp. During World War II the federal government launched a “Hemp for Victory” campaign urging people to grow the plant to make ropes for the military. Until the late 1800s, nearly all cloth and virtually all paper were made from hemp. It was so valuable that hemp could be used as money. But that was then. Today, industrial hemp isn’t strictly illegal, but farmers must get a permit from the Drug Enforcement Agency to grow it — something that’s proven impossible. Colorado farmers could be able to grow industrial hemp as early as next summer, with state permits alone.
Needless permits Supporters say that it makes no sense to require federal permits. But the U.S. Hemp doesn’t require herbicides or pesticides, for example, and can be harvested up to four times a year. The Canadian report is echoed by U.S. companies that import hemp for products. Supporters are quick to note that hemp is different than marijuana. Hemp: The Trillion Dollar Crop. Hemp-1. Industrial Hemp Profile. By Ray Hansen, content specialist, AgMRC, Iowa State University, hansenr@iastate.edu. Profile updated August 2012 by Malinda Geisler, AgMRC, Iowa State University. Overview Currently, the Controlled Substance Act makes it illegal to raise industrial hemp (Cannabis sativa) commercially without a permit from the Drug Enforcement Agency(DEA). However, numerous state and national initiatives are working to return industrial hemp production to the United States, where it once was a major crop.
Food and fiber uses for industrial hemp are growing rapidly and have increased over 300 percent, to an estimated 25,000 products, in the past few years. Much of that growth is coming from the increased sales of hemp food products. History Hemp production originated in Central Asia thousands of years ago. The crop was first brought to North America at Port Royal, Canada, in 1606. Hemp and Marijuana Value-added Uses Hemp is a crop that can be grown for food and non-food purposes. Hemp Seed Hemp Fiber U.S. Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential. Industrial Hemp in the United States: Status and Market Potential Website Administrator Agricultural Economic Report No. (AGES-001E) 43 pp, January 2000 Industrial hemp has been the focus of official interest in several States. However, hemp and marijuana are different varieties of Cannabis sativa, which is classified as a controlled substance in the United States. With Canada now allowing hemp production, questions have been raised about the demand for hemp products.
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