Housing costs have soared. Builders are turning to innovative materials and methods to lower costs and produce housing faster ...

The team has published an analysis outlining a path toward a viable hemp-based building insulation market in the U.S. Hemp insulation can be used in place of traditional fiberglass batt insulation and ...

In 2018, Congress legalized the production of certain types of hemp. Last year, the International Code Council, which develops international building codes used by all 50 states, adopted hempcrete ...

By some estimates, using hemp-based products would reduce the environmental impact of insulation by 90% or more. The Georgia Tech researchers' work, published this month in the Journal of Cleaner ...