{"product_id":"the-hempcrete-book-designing-and-building-with-hemp-lime-9780857841209","title":"The Hempcrete Book: Designing and Building with Hemp-Lime","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Stanwix\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Uit Cambridge Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Uit Cambridge Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Construction - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hempcrete Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a detailed practical manual for architects, surveyors, professional builders and self-builders.\u003c\/b\u003e It explains how to source and mix hempcrete and how to use it in new builds and restoration. In colour throughout, fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this book provides a full explanation of construction techniques, highlighting potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. It includes a comprehensive resources section and examples of completed builds, with design notes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHempcrete is a building material with excellent properties. It's made from lime and hemp shivs (a waste product from hemp fibre growing) and can be used for walls, floors, and for roof insulation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHempcrete is breathable, absorbing and emitting moisture; this helps regulate internal humidity, avoiding trapped moisture and mould growth, and creating healthier buildings. It provides excellent acoustic and thermal insulation and thermal mass. It's light-weight, reducing construction costs, and it's environmentally friendly: it locks up CO2 for the life of the building, and the hemp doesn't require agrochemicals or insecticides in its cultivation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hempcrete Book\u003c\/i\u003e is a valuable tool for any eco-builder.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Uit Cambridge Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45049652936855,"sku":"9780857841209","price":1755.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780857841209.webp?v=1769225395","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-hempcrete-book-designing-and-building-with-hemp-lime-9780857841209","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}