Tradical 'Hemcrete'
Bio-composite building material.
Tradical® Hemcrete® is a unique, highly sustainable construction product for the creation of insulating walls as well as insulation layers for floors and roofs. Hemcrete® is a blend of specially prepared hemp shiv (Tradical® HF) and a special lime based binder (Tradical® HB). Together these products form a bio-composite building material that can be used both for the creation of buildings that have excellent thermal and acoustic properties as well as creating a healthy living and working environment.
Additionally Tradical® Hemcrete® has the ability to make an impact on the future of sustainable building. Helping to reverse the damaging effects of greenhouse gases, Tradical® Hemcrete® locks up approximately 110kg of CO2 per m3 of wall and provides one of the best value materials for low impact, sustainable and commercially viable construction.
Produced mainly from renewable sources, Tradical® Hemcrete® is mixed on site for fast track construction and delivers high levels of insulation, air-tightness and vapour permeability.
| Material/s: | Specially prepared Hemp shiv (Tradical HF®) and Lime based binder Tradical (HB®) |
| Environmental statement: | yes |
| BRE Ecopoints: | unrated |
| Green Guide rating: | unrated |
| Environmental certification: | French LCA to ISO 14040 |
| 3rd party accreditation: | BBA pending |
| 3rd party product endorsement: | The Tradical® Hemcrete® building system is approved for use in walls, floors and roofs where Zurich Building Guarantee is the warranty provider. |
| Quality certification: | none |
| Reusability / Recyclability: | Recyclable and reuseable |
| Recycled content to ISO 14021: | n/a |
| Life expectancy | 100 years minimum |
| Substitute for or new materials / method: |
Non-structural in-situ concrete |
| Downloads: | Hemp Lime Technology Hemcrete Details |
| Codes of Practice: | |
| Workmanship Work Section: | |
| Country/s of manufacture: | UK |
| UK distribution location: | Oxfordshire and Suffolk |
| Alternative products: | Alternatives to concrete |
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| Information last updated: | Saturday 3rd, May 2008 |
| Manufacturer's evidence rating:* |  |
| Manufacturer: | Tradical |
| Address: | Lime technology, Unit 126, Milton Park, Abingdon, OX14 4SA |
| Telephone: | 0845 603 1143 |
| Fax: | 0845 634 1560 |
| Email: | info@limetechnology.co.uk |
| Website: | www.limetechnology.co.uk |
| Supply chain availability: | Distributors |
| Supplier: | Refer to manufacturer's listings |
| Telephone: | 0845 603 1143 |
| Email: | info@limetechnology.co.uk |
| Website: | http://www.limetechnology.co.uk/pages/links.php |
The product has been selected on the above average performance in the following areas:
| - | Abiotic depletion | - | Acidification |
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Global warming | - | Eutrophication |
| - | Ozone layer deplection | - | Solid Waste |
| - | Human toxicity | - | Radioactivity |
| - | Fresh water aquatic ecotoxicity | |
Minerals extraction |
| - | Terrestial exotoxicity | - | Water extraction |
| - | Photochemical oxidation |
*Note:
Manufacturer's evidence rating
* One star rating: The product has been included based on an assessment of the manufacturer's own product information.
*** Three star rating: The product has been included on the basis of a third party, independent, Life Cycle Analysis (BRE Ecoprofile or similar).
