Grow your own insulation

By Roderic Bunn and Roderic Bunn Roderic Bunn2007-05-10T00:00:00

Hemp insulation on a housing project in Elmswell, Suffolk, produces a highly breathable and sustainable building.

In the search for zero-carbon construction, architects are rediscovering the virtues of natural fibre insulation. An emerging favourite is hemp, a material not only able to match synthetic fibres, but also believed to absorb CO2 during its life.

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