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by dahfizz 1516 days ago
How does hempcrete respond to water?

It seems fundamentally difficult to have a material that can hold up for decades but then biodegrade once we decide it is EOL.

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Not about hempcrete specifically, but I can see how you could potentially make a material like this. All these materials used in construction we can assume have an environment with a range of variables they operate in. If this material will never be exposed to high temperatures for example while in a typical operating environment... then maybe you can design the material to be able to biodegrade when heat is applied?

Just think about how even typical composting works where the point is to keep temperatures of the compost pile going in order to aid the process of breaking the material down in an acceptable timeframe.

It is waterproof ... please, see my other comment in this thread for a link to a relevant article.