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USHBA Member of the Month: May – Adelaida Nunez Vazquez
The USHBA Member of the month for May is Adelaida Nunez Vazquez, also known as Addy. Addy is working to bring hemp building products to Puerto Rico(PR) by opening the first hemp manufacturing company there. Addy recently ran for the position of USHBA Communications...
USHBA Member of the Month: April – Jennifer Martin from Hempstone
Jennifer Martin has been part of the USHBA for longer than I have. Our paths first crossed in Idaho in 2019, like so many people in the hemp building industry. Since I became involved in the USHBA with the regional leaders group in the spring of 2020, Jennifer was a...
Hemp-lime IRC Proposal Recommended for Approval
This week in New York, the International Code Council (ICC) approved Hemp-lime (Hempcrete), Proposal_RB316-22 for the International Residential Code (IRC). This is the first step toward the ICC’s formal adoption of hempcrete as an officially recognized residential...
ICC Committee Action Hearing for Hemp-lime Construction Appendix THIS WEEK
This week the ICC Committee Action Hearing will consider the appendix for Hemp-lime (Hempcrete) construction. We have been working towards this goal for years and very intensively since last October. Hundreds of man hours have gone into the work. The writing team of...
Request for IRC Letters of Support
As we prepare for the defense of the International Residential Code Appendix submission for Hemp-lime (Hempcrete) Construction, we need your support to show the community behind the initiative. If you want to help the submission, please send us a letter of support....
USHBA Member of the Month: March – Mary Dempsey from MPactful Ventures
USHBA Member of the Month: March - Mary Dempsey from MPactful Ventures This month my mind is on the IRC submission. It is crazy to think how much work happened in a short period of time to create that document. The team came together right when it needed to and...
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