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Footnote 235 / Wool & Hemp: Allies in Construction

  • Arrigoni, Alessandro, et al. “Life Cycle Assessment of Natural Building Materials: The Role of Carbonation, Mixture Components and Transport in the Environmental Impacts of Hempcrete Blocks”. Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 149, Apr. 2017, pp. 1051–61. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2017.02.161.
  • Emir, Can. “France Built the World’s First Carbon-Negative Public Building. And It’s Made of Hemp?”. Interesting Engineering, 20 Dec. 2021, https://interestingengineering.com/france-built-the-worlds-first-carbon-negative-public-building-and-its-made-of-hemp.
  • Gunshinan, Jim. “The Benefits of Building a Hempcrete House”. Treehugger, 19 Feb. 2021, https://www.treehugger.com/hempcrete-house-5113218.
  • “HEMPCRETE”. Carbon Smart Materials Palette, https://materialspalette.org/hempcrete/. Accessed 29 Dec. 2021.
  • “Hemp Building Supplies”. Ecohome, 22 Sept. 2021, https://www.ecohome.net/guides/3374/hemp-building-supplies/.
  • Lotus, Jean. “Hemp Used for Construction Gains Popularity in U.S.”. UPI, 18 July 2019, https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/18/Hemp-used-for-construction-gains-popularity-in-US/6831563287029/.
  • McNeil, Steve J., and Larissa I. Zaitseva. “The Development of Wool-Based Passive Filters Toimprove Indoor Air Quality”. Key Engineering Materials, vol. 671, Nov. 2015, pp. 219–24. DOI.org (Crossref), https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.671.219.
  • “Responsible Wool Standard (RWS)”. Textile Exchange, https://textileexchange.org/standards/responsible-wool/. Accessed 29 Dec. 2021.
  • “Why Wool”. Havelock Wool, https://havelockwool.com/fiberglass-insulation-vs-wool-insulation/. Accessed 29 Dec. 2021.
  • “Wool Fact Sheets: Wool and the Carbon Cycle”. Woolmark, 2021, https://www.woolmark.com/industry/research/factsheets/.
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