Aussie Klara Marosszek has developed a commercially viable hemp building material. Fire and pest resistant hemp concrete is made by mixing hemp hurds (the pithy core of the stem), lime-based binder, water and a little sand. This is not a new technique, as century old bridges in France were made from hemp concrete.
Down Under Hemp Houses
Down Under Hemp Houses
(via ecoscraps.com)
Submitted by ecochildsplay on Mon, 2008-05-05 16:55. | Tags: architecture | australia | green building | hemp | hemp concrete