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Hemp

Cannabis sativa

Fibre crop grown in suitable fields for bio-based construction products; not very labour, fertilizer, or capital intensive.

Hemp (Cannabis sativa) — Roger McLassus., via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0Auto-sourced: Image auto-sourced from a license-clean library; pending curator review

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Crop

Hemp

biobased-isolation-materials

used-in · schema

hemp-based-recyclable-construction-solutions

used-in · schema

used-in · schema

used-in · schema

grown-in · schema

grown-in · schema

nl-zeeklei-polder

grown-in · schema

frisian-hemp-fiber-deal

demonstrated-by · curator-asserted

oncra-open-natural-carbon-removal-accounting

demonstrated-by · curator-asserted

Carbon storage

8–15 tCO2eq/ha/yr

Fast annual fibre crop; carbon locked once fibre/shiv goes into hempcrete or insulation. Indicative.

Agronomy + economics

Soil organic carbon delta

0.4 t C/ha/yr

Positive = net storage; steady-state estimate from EU literature.

Suitable landscapes

Sources

Mooi Nederland programma (2023). Handreiking Biobased (ver)bouwen — Section on reed (Phragmites australis) construction materials including roofing thatch and modern reed boards. Reed cultivation in NL veen landscape.
https://www.ruimtelijkeordening.nl/onderwerpen/ruimtelijke-kwaliteit/kennisdossier-duurzame-landbouw--natuur/biobased-verbouwen· pp. 64,65,132,133,138,139
Eindversie-Rapport-Building-Balance_v5.pdf
· p. 7
Sodobna-naravna-gradnja-2018.pdf
· p. 6
Policy brief on Sustainable construction.pdf
· p. 16
https://www.wur.nl/nl/longread/hoe-biobased-materialen-klimaatverandering-vertragen
https://www.wur.nl/nl/longread/hoe-biobased-materialen-klimaatverandering-vertragen· p. 1