They see the increased use of this sustainable material as a way to develop greener homes and buildings while creating jobs.

In the United States, hemp has only recently been deregulated for any kind of use—its cultivation blocked in 1937 by a public ...

Housing costs have soared. Builders are turning to innovative materials and methods to lower costs and produce housing faster ...

Wilden, sustainably-minded developer and Kelowna's largest master-planned community, today introduced Okanagan's first ...

At first glance, this house appears to be no different than any other of the elegant homes at Wilden. But, between the walls ...

The developer said the home is one of the first of its kind in the province, and the first one in the Okanagan to hit the net ...

A home in the Wilden neighbourhood of Kelowna, B.C., has been built using only hemp insulation by the Wilden Group. “One of the benefits of the hemp insulation is it doesn’t compress quite as ...

The hemp is mixed with other materials, most importantly the mineral lime, forming "hempcrete," a natural insulation that's mold- and fire-resistant and can act as outer wall, insulation and inner ...

The Wilden Group's director of construction Josh Smith called it "a tomorrow home today" when unveiling Kelowna's first fully ...

At first glance, 278 Summer Wood Drive in Kelowna’s Wilden neighbourhood looks like a regular house.