What do you know about hempcrete construction? Hempcrete construction offers an affordable, ecological and practical choice for someone interested in a sustainable home. It offers a good health, investment and lifestyle decision and this post will help you learn more about the advantages of it and whether it could be right for you. Hempcrete construction has been around for a long time and is becoming more popular. It is a very effective and efficient means for building a healthy home that can save money, resources and time compared to more conventional “bricks and sticks” houses. You may be asking what is hempcrete construction and what benefits does it offer. This post will provide the basics and benefits of hempcrete construction as a more economical and environmentally friendly living space.

HempcreteHempcrete structures are typically made of cement, clay, hemp fiber, sharp sand and water (less than 10%). Glass bottles, lime and wood are also used as materials within hempcrete construction. Hempcrete can be built with a variety of cement, clay and soil mixtures which are found in most countries around the world. Since hempcrete structures often use local materials they are a very affordable, durable and practical solution for home building. They can conserve energy, materials and resources by using renewable resources. Hempcrete construction by design can be a fairly easy process to build without the extra costs, labor and time required for expensive traditional bricks & sticks, cement block or cement and foam construction of conventional houses.  A well built and designed Hempcrete house can also be built off grid to provide  an energy efficient living space and lifestyle.

Healthy Comfort with Hempcrete Construction

Hempcrete construction can be a great solution for the housing needs of a wide variety of people. Hempcrete construction combines clever architecture and creative planning for houses that can offer a more efficient and simpler lifestyle. With a good design and mostly local materials  you can enjoy the benefits of an affordable, durable, energy efficient and sustainable home for a healthy and simple lifestyle. Eco friendly hempcrete homes can help provide quality accommodations with a lower carbon footprint and price tag compared to conventional homes.

Hempcrete homes can be made with cement, clay, lime, sand and water that is thoroughly mixed and then added around and between metal, rock or wood framing. It provides a relatively easy and fast way to build and provide a comfortable, durable and eco friendly home. Most hempcrete houses can withstand a wide variety of climates and conditions when properly designed, maintained and well built. Creative hempcrete construction designs can offer a wide selection of safe, striking and strong designs. With creative Computer Automated Design (CAD), architects, designers and engineers can create innovative hempcrete construction with shapes and sizes to build almost anything you can imagine. Hempcrete construction can benefit the owner with lower energy, maintenance and repair costs. Hempcrete provides healthy homes that are more toxin free than most conventional modern homes. A well built and designed house could last for 100+ years of practical use with minimal maintenance and upkeep. The current global economy, energy issues and environmental concerns are encouraging more  people to reduce their carbon footprint and rethink energy efficient home designs, ideas and options. Even National Geographic did a video about building a hempcrete healthy home that may be a better and faster alternative to a conventional house. Maybe building one is the perfect habitat and healthy home for you and your family.

HempcreteMany people could be better off with a Hempcrete construction they build themselves rather than spending a fortune buying a conventional house. Many people are going deep in debt with a big 30 year mortgage and payments. It is often a major financial waste of money, resources and time to buy a conventional house or mobile home due to the often lower quality of materials and workmanship used to built it. Building or buying a hempcrete house can offer you a better option. Hempcrete construction requires less resources to provide more cost and energy efficient features for cooling, heating and insulation. It offers an affordable, durable, eco friendly. efficient, functional and sustainable home that can meet a family’s  long term needs. This information is intended to help educate, inspire and motivate people to look at Hempcrete houses in order to be cost effective, minimize their carbon footprint and promote a sustainable and transition lifestyle.

Many smart people are waking up to discover that hempcrete offers a better building alternative. When we invest the energy, money and time to educate our selves and demand better construction choices we find some amazing new ideas and options available. The last two years of research and travel for better eco building practices has helped me gain great ideas, insights and inspiration  for developing and designing eco homes for our Belize Eco Village.

Benefits of Hempcrete Construction

Hemp PlantAs more people discover, investigate and research saving energy, simpler lifestyle and sustainable solutions the idea of using Hempcrete construction is an obvious choice. A lack of awareness about it has kept it from being more accepted and common. As more people begin to focus on sustainable building and transition towns we will see more hempcrete construction in eco villages and sustainable communities. As more people understand the benefits of building and living in well designed rammed earth homes they will discover the benefits over conventional homes that can negatively impact their finances, health and lifestyle. Hemprcete can offer better buildings to help provide the growing global need for affordable housing. Hempcrete construction benefits include:

 

  • Hemp is a natural and strong fiber that grows like a weed. It offers excellent breathe-ability to walls.
  • Houses can be built for much less than conventional homes.
  • House does not heat up as cement block houses do in sunny climates.
  • Hemp house can be bug, fire, mold, weather and wind resistant and last for hundreds of years.
  • Hempcrete can allow for the use of arches, domes and sacred geometry for a wide variety of unique building choices.
  • Building with local materials like clay, lime, sand, rock and wood is eco friendly and sustainable conservation construction.
  • Hempcrete offers excellent thermal barrier to keep the heat out and the cool in or can keep the heat in and the cold out.
  • Flexible designs and shapes offer attractive and creative eco dwellings.
  • Non toxic building material in hempcrete construction is great for people with chemical sensitivities.
  • Rocket stoves offer an efficient and low cost way to heat an a hemp house.
  • Transportation costs for building materials is greatly reduced when using local clay, hemp and sand for construction.
  • Potential considerations with hempcrete construction to take into consideration include: building codes, city planning, quality control, septic systems, waste water issues, weather and zoning restrictions.

The best way to get educated and excited about hempcrete construction is to learn directly from the experts. Steve Allin teaches Hempcrete construction as a viable option for many eco minded people looking to transition to a smaller carbon footprint and sustainable lifestyle.  American Hemp  shares highlights on Hempcrete and designing affordable and comfortable living quarters. Hemp Technologies has years of construction and design experience and their Hempcrete construction is impressive and inspiring. Tim Callahan with Alembic Studio is one of the first permitted hempcrete home builders in the US.

Our blog shares simple strategies to help people embrace earth friendly construction ideas like hempcrete construction to provide healthy homes for people around the planet. As we discover the real long term cost for outdated bricks, cement and stick houses  we realize the urgency to embrace more hempcrete construction in the US and many other countries. A Mother Earth News story shares the benefits of Hempcrete construction that can provide affordable, durable, and energy efficient housing which may be a great option for many people.

Healthy Habits & Habitats

In 2017 Morningstar NEWS will focus 50% on Healthy Habits and 50% on Healthy Habitats and Sustainable Systems. As we research and role model proven principles for our future Belize Eco Village and wellness center we are eager to share the wisdom we find. Our vision is attracting a wide variety of conscious and passionate people to help design, develop, build and live in our eco friendly, healthy, sustainable transition community. Being healthy as we invest, live, retire, travel, visit and work results from a happy, healthy and heavenly lifestyle. We invite ideas, insights and inspiration to help us focus our planning and progress. Sharing solutions, strategies, suggestions and systems will help all of us design and develop better eco communities.

Where is Your Gap?

What actions, behaviors, beliefs and decisions regarding your habits and habitats are impacting your happiness and health? What will it take to make better choices to avoid the health hazards of unhealthy homes? Investing in hempcrete construction could provide a healthy habitat that offers great flexibility and value. Your investment of energy, money and time will help you understand the incentive to investigate the benefits of owning a hemp house. Does supporting an  ecological environment and sustainable standard of living sound appealing enough to check out how Hempcrete construction works?

Mastery Action Plan (MAP)

Our daily habits and habitats impact our happiness and health. There is a wealth of wisdom showing the benefits of building eco friendly adobe construction as a healthy habitat and wise choice.  What are you willing to do to provide more sustainable housing choices? Creating a healthy habitat code of conduct and mastery action plan will enhance the quality of life now and in the future. We cannot sustain our happiness and health without healthy changes and choices. Are you ready to de-clutter and down size in order to build a hempcrete house that is modern, modular and more sustainable? See this beautiful Hempcrete construction home article for a sustainable housing options.

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