PA Hemp Home honored by Fast Co’s 2021 Innovation by Design Awards

We are a Fast Company Innovation by Design Awards honoree! Our collaborative project, PA Hemp Home, received an honorable mention in the materials category. We are thrilled to be honored alongside designers and businesses who are solving the problems of today and tomorrow.

Entries were judged on the following innovation criteria: functionality, originality, beauty, sustainability, user insight, cultural impact and business impact. The Materials category looked for material innovations that lead to greener, better products. Can’t get any greener, healthier or better than HempLime insulation! We are honored to have this highly collaborative project recognized. Congratulations to all of our partners and collaborators:DON Enterprises, Americhanvre and Pennsylvania Housing Research Center.

PA Hemp Home was honored not only because HempLime is a healthier product, but because it shows that HempLime can transform affordable housing. It will also revitalize local agriculture and create jobs for plant-based industries. With new incentives to grow hemp in the US, there is a potential to create an agriculturally based system for producing healthy building materials. This will create new opportunities for farmers, as well as provide training opportunities for both industrial and construction workers. Not only will we be able to design and construct healthier affordable houses, but we will also create jobs and new value chains for rural and small urban communities.