6 reasons to build with hemp
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Hemp As a Carbon Neutral / Negative Building Material
Hempcrete is one of the few building materials that can actually achieve a NEGATIVE carbon footprint .
Hemp sequesters ( takes out ) significant amounts of carbon from the atmosphere as it is growing , and then continues to do so to a certain capacity once it is combined with its lime binder .
One cubic metre of concrete creates around 150kg of CO2 One cubic metre of hempcrete sequesters approximately 300 kg of CO2 This means that every hempcrete home ( or commercial building ) is actually helping the planet by REDUCING the amount of carbon in the atmosphere , rather than contributing to it .
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