{"id":4067,"date":"2022-05-16T16:21:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/havenearth.biz\/2022\/05\/16\/hempcrete-demonstration-wall-built-in-boulder\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T16:21:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T20:21:19","slug":"hempcrete-demonstration-wall-built-in-boulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/havenearth.biz\/2022\/05\/16\/hempcrete-demonstration-wall-built-in-boulder\/","title":{"rendered":"Hempcrete ‘Demonstration Wall’ Built in Boulder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Jean Lotus<\/em><\/p>\n A natural builder has constructed a hempcrete wall on his Boulder, CO property hoping the project will be a destination for the hemp-curious who want to see hemp building materials in action.<\/p>\n Architect Scott Rodwin <\/a>constructed the 5-foot hempcrete privacy wall on his corner property at 15th and Quince Streets in the Nomad Cohousing neighborhood he helped found 25 years ago on Boulder\u2019s north side.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted something specifically, that was really beautiful on this very prominent street corner, something other than just a plain stucco wall or another wood fence,\u201d Rodwin told HempBuildMag.\u00a0<\/p>\n Eamonn McNaughton of Rocky Mountain Hemp Build<\/a> teamed up with fellow Front Range hempcrete builder Phelan Dalton of Hemp Building Company<\/a> to supervise the project over several weeks with teams of volunteers to help cast the hempcrete wall in-situ<\/em> around the corner lot.<\/p>\n Rodwin, who has built several straw bale homes, said he was very interested in observing hempcrete firsthand, but the fact that most hemp homes are not open to the public was a problem.<\/p>\n The wall is a \u201cdemonstration piece,\u201d Rodwin said. \u201cThe biggest benefit and the main reason we’re doing this, this is a giant billboard for the beauty of hempcrete wall building, because now everybody can see it any time,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n