{"680745":{"#nid":"680745","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Using Hemp in Building Insulation Could Make Structures Greener, Create Jobs, and Be a Profitable Industry","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s a fairly niche product now, but a new study from Georgia Tech engineers suggests insulation made from hemp fibers could be a viable industry in the U.S., creating jobs, a manufacturing base, and greener homes and buildings at the same time.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMaking the switch could slash the impact of one of the biggest sources of greenhouse gas emissions: Buildings account for roughly 1\/5 of emissions globally. By some estimates, using hemp-based products would reduce the environmental impact of insulation by 90% or more.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech researchers\u2019 work, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jclepro.2025.144952\u0022\u003Ereported this month in the \u003Cem\u003EJournal of Cleaner Production\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, is one of the first studies to evaluate the potential for scaling up U.S. production and availability of hemp-based insulation products.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/coe.gatech.edu\/news\/2025\/02\/using-hemp-building-insulation-could-make-structures-greener-create-jobs-and-be\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERead about their findings on the College of Engineering website.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECEE researchers\u2019 analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CEE researchers\u2019 analysis outlines path to a U.S. construction market for hemp-based fibers, which are already used for clothing and biodegradable plastics."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2025-02-26 17:43:27","changed_gmt":"2025-02-27 15:18:01","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2025-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2025-02-27T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"676407":{"id":"676407","type":"image","title":"Hemp-Insulation-Analysis-Farmer-Menon-Bozeman-Ramshankar-9881-h.jpg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom left, Kelly Farmer, Akanksha Menon, Joe Bozeman, and Arjun Ramshankar with a package of traditional fiberglass insulation and a rack holding samples of potential hemp-based insulation materials created by graduate student Elyssa Ferguson in Menon\u0027s lab. The team has published an analysis outlining a path toward a viable hemp-based building insulation market in the U.S. Hemp insulation can be used in place of traditional fiberglass batt insulation and reduce the carbon footprint of buildings, but hemp materials currently cost twice as much. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1740591818","gmt_created":"2025-02-26 17:43:38","changed":"1740669465","gmt_changed":"2025-02-27 15:17:45","alt":"Four researchers standing in a lab with a large roll of fiberglass insulation and a wooden rack holding small bags of hemp fiber-based insulation materials. (Photo: Candler Hobbs)","file":{"fid":"260191","name":"Hemp-Insulation-Analysis-Farmer-Menon-Bozeman-Ramshankar-9881-h.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/26\/Hemp-Insulation-Analysis-Farmer-Menon-Bozeman-Ramshankar-9881-h.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2025\/02\/26\/Hemp-Insulation-Analysis-Farmer-Menon-Bozeman-Ramshankar-9881-h.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1324395,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2025\/02\/26\/Hemp-Insulation-Analysis-Farmer-Menon-Bozeman-Ramshankar-9881-h.jpg?itok=El674a7d"}}},"media_ids":["676407"],"groups":[{"id":"1237","name":"College of Engineering"},{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"191939","name":"Joe Bozeman"},{"id":"193544","name":"Akanksha Menon"},{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39471","name":"Materials"},{"id":"39491","name":"Renewable Bioproducts"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71911","name":"Earth and Environment"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jstewart@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJoshua Stewart\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ECollege of Engineering\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["jstewart@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}