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The US Hemp Building Association, the American trade association for the promotion of hemp building materials and construction, on Nov. 17 announced an upcoming election and call for candidates of its complete seven-member volunteer board of directors.

Hemp-based construction companies have been knocking on the door of events like San Francisco’s Greenbuild Expo for years. But this year, three companies presented their products and networked with the many designers, builders, architects, engineers and city officials attending.

We spend almost 90% of our time indoors so it’s important to have toxin-free healthy air. Sick Building Syndrome (SBS) is the result of air-tight buildings with poor air circulation.

Hemp-lime insulation from The Hemp Building Company is among the Top 10 finalists in the “Coolest Thing in Colorado” contest, and hemp needs YOUR VOTE online.

This summer I completed hemp spray training held by Cameron McIntosh of Allentown, PA-based Americhanvre, becoming a certified EREASY Spray Application Technician.

Texas workshop participants this fall will get to test a new handcast building method with hemp and Magnesium Oxide, a combination that builds a cement-like wall infill structure that’s stronger than concrete, organizers say. Magnesium Oxide works like lime to create a vapor-permeable wall assembly, one of the advantages of a hemp-based building.

Hemp building materials were officially approved for certification in US building codes at a Louisville, KY conference of the International Code Council last week.

Pre-fabricated hemp building solutions will get special attention at this year’s 10th edition of the International Hemp Building Symposium, set for Lacapelle Marival, France, Oct. 11-12, 2022.

Hemp building materials and ecological construction will be presented as part of best-selling Canadian author Margaret Atwood's yearly 8-week seminar "Practical Utopias: An Exploration of the Possible."