{"id":142641,"date":"2024-02-15T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-02-15T05:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-almost-carbon-negative-how-hemp-became-a-surprise-building-material\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T12:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T05:14:21","slug":"its-almost-carbon-negative-how-hemp-became-a-surprise-building-material","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/its-almost-carbon-negative-how-hemp-became-a-surprise-building-material\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s almost carbon-negative\u2019: how hemp became a surprise building material"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nProponents of the material tout its non-toxic and mould, fire and infestation-resistant propertiesCannabis sativa, the plant of the thousand and one molecules, has a long and expansive reputation \u2013 as a folk medicine, a source of textile fibre for clothes, for making rope or plugging holes in ships.But now cannabis \u2013 or specifically its non-psychoactive variant, hemp \u2013 is being touted for something greater still: building blocks for housing that may avoid some of the environmental, logistic and economic downsides of concrete. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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