{"id":499,"date":"2025-04-14T04:21:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T07:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/?page_id=499"},"modified":"2025-04-16T20:06:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T23:06:37","slug":"capture-carbon-in-your-home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/en\/a-material-for-the-climate-emergency\/capture-carbon-in-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Capture Carbon in Your Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f679b13766a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row full-width-section\"  style=\"padding-top: 40px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #149792; background: linear-gradient(to bottom,#149792 0%,#e9fce6 100%);  opacity: 0.3; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1 style=\"font-size: 18px;color: #393a3a;line-height: 18px;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading textobtn\" >Capture Carbon in Your Home<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1744615322591\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #387035;\">The advantages of building with carbon<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 20px; width: 20%; height: 3px; margin-bottom: 20px;\" data-width=\"20%\" data-animate=\"yes\" data-animation-delay=\"200\" data-color=\"accent-color\" class=\"divider-small-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Cannabis grows, it captures carbon that could otherwise escape into the atmosphere. The material is stored in the walls of the house, instead of producing a greenhouse in the sky that ruins the global climate. And it doesn't stop there: hempcrete continues to absorb carbon after the house is finished. It's a revolutionary novelty in the construction sector, which is one of the main carbon emitters in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"nectar_video_player_self_hosted wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-el-width-100 vc_video-align-left\" data-border-radius=\"none\" data-shadow=\"none\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><video width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" class=\"nectar-video-self-hosted\" preload=\"auto\" controls controlslist=\"nodownload\"><source src=\"http:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/shutterstock_1110433419-video-converter.com_.mp4\"  type=\"video\/mp4\"><\/video><\/div><\/div><\/div><p style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #387035;line-height: 1.2;text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading vc_custom_1744615595272\" >\"Hempcrete\", or Hemp concrete, can be applied in wooden molds, adapting to any type of architectural project<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To produce concrete, it is necessary to burn limestone in kilns, which emits a huge amount of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. Producing a ton of cement releases almost a ton of carbon dioxide into the air. With each house that is built, an equivalent mass of carbon gases accumulates, worsening the climate on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hempcrete is the opposite of this. Hemp shives are made up of carbon that the plant absorbs as it grows, during photosynthesis, cleaning the atmosphere. Basically, the idea is to build houses with this material that would otherwise accumulate in the atmosphere, suffocating us with heat. According to a life cycle analysis conducted in Belgium, 1 cubic meter of hempcrete stores no less than 76 kilograms of carbon \u2014 each kilogram of Hemp shives implies the capture of 1.83 kilograms of carbon. On top of that, the lime used to aggregate the material continues to absorb carbon after the material is manufactured, through the process of carbonation. Every hemp house in the world is a carbon drain helping to improve the climate on Earth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replacing common concrete with hempcrete saves as much carbon as the building would emit with air conditioning and heating over five years.<\/span><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f679b13805a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row  top_margin_50px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element  vc_custom_1744610643975\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #387035;\">Continue reading:<\/span><\/h2>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #ffffff;line-height: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:neulis_medium;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading titulobtn vc_custom_1744610908827\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/en\/a-long-history\/\" title=\"A Long History\">A Long History<\/a><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #ffffff;line-height: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:neulis_medium;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading titulobtn vc_custom_1744610898025\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/en\/building-with-hemp\/\" title=\"A Long History\">Building with Hemp<\/a><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #ffffff;line-height: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:neulis_medium;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading titulobtn vc_custom_1744610888308\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/en\/a-material-for-the-climate-emergency\/\" title=\"A Long History\">A Material for the Climate Emergency<\/a><\/div><div style=\"font-size: 20px;color: #ffffff;line-height: 18px;text-align: left;font-family:neulis_medium;font-weight:400;font-style:normal\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading titulobtn vc_custom_1744610880860\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/hemp.humanitas360.org\/en\/a-plant-with-a-thousand-and-one-uses\/\" title=\"A Long History\">A Plant with a Thousand and One Uses<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Capture carbon in your home The benefits of building with carbon When cannabis grows, it captures carbon that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere. 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