Hempcrete Post Frame Building Perfect Solution

Scottys Hempcrete Post Frame Building is the Perfect Solution to meet and exceed every need of the Energy Efficient and Sustainable Housing crisis that is plaguing America and beyond.

If someone else has put 2 and 2 together on this perfect match for building Energy Efficient Sustainable Building using sustainable hempcrete; I've yet to read it about online or from any of the many progressive builders I follow who are constructing and working on energy efficient buildings.  I consider myself a trendsetter in this type of construction technique.

This isn't the first time I've shared this design build construction technique and it will not be the last.  This is also the design that I will re-submit to NREL, Oak Ridge Laboratories, and DOE for upcoming contests for Energy Efficient Building Design.  

With this blog post I will demonstrate how the Post Frame Building Principles: saves money, saves energy, and saves resources.

Residential Post Frame Examples- The economical revamped old style of pole barn construction for modern day uses

In the above Post Frame Residential Building Photos notice the exterior of the buildings can incorporate any of the aesthetic designs your heart desires- Siding, Brick, Stone, Stucco, or Wood.

Here's How Post-Frame Buildings Can Save on Construction Costs

Fewer Materials Needed for Construction Post-frame construction requires limited wall and roof framing materials, and minimal footing and foundation materials. Wood posts spaced 8 to 12 feet apart with a frame building system means fewer resources than most other construction methods.	Reduction of Labor Costs Post-frame construction site preparation often requires fewer trades and less time. Fewer building components lead to less time for installation labor then those built with wood frame systems. This is because many post-frame building components come prefabricated to the project site.
Shorter Time of Construction Start with a wood frame system site preparation. Post-frame construction utilizes posts to build frames. Augering holes for posts require minimal effort. On average, it takes experienced post-frame contractors two or three days to erect a basic frame. That includes posts, girts, trusses, and purlins.	Minimization of Construction Delays Delays due to cold weather, even in northerly climates, are minimal. With frame building systems, post foundations can be installed on or below freezing temperatures.
Versatility Achieve virtually any aesthetic with post-frame construction’s flexibility and large, open interiors.	Sustainability Post-frame construction includes various sustainable benefits. Many of which can help earn LEED Certification.

Savings start 

in the Framing Design and Construction.  Notice in the following examples how the top image uses less lumber in the construction of the buildings structural assembly.

Compare the Lumber Needs of Post Frame Building to Traditional Building Techniques image below


Example of Traditional Stick Frame Building Image Energy Vanguard

Have you been to the Lumber yard lately?  The cost of lumber used to build homes and buildings is at an all-time high for my lifetime.  Does it really matter what is inside your walls as long as it is meets or exceeds building codes for structural framing, energy efficiency, and holds up the roof of the home? 

Construction Estimate Example for Lumber requirement comparing Post Frame Wall 24 feet Long to stick frame wall 24 feet long both of which are 8 feet tall using board feet calculations using actual Board Feet of Lumber.

Post Frame	Stick Frame
true dimensional 4x6 posts @ 8 feet spacing = 4 = 68 board feet (site built posts would be even less)	2x6 studs @ 24 in spacing= 14 qty = 77 board feet
3-2x4 Runners = 31.5 Board Feet	2x6 top and bottom plates= 38 board feet
Total: 99.5 Board Feet	Total: 115 Board Feet
Savings of 15.5 Board Feet	15.5 more board feet
x 4 walls = 62 Board Feet Saved (almost the total board feet needed for the posts in one wall)	Door/Window Framing is a push or equal needs on construction techniques for this comparison.
Board Feet Calculator

To sum this up: Less Lumber plus less manpower needed plus the speed of the build all add up to saving the future building owner money.  

Upcoming MOhemp Energy Blog Post will compare the materials inside your wall and its energy efficiency R Values. 

note: post frame building images courtesy of Post Frame Advantage

If you are interested in learning more about this economical and sustainable construction technique or design assistance for your next eco friendly and sustainable Hempcrete Post Frame Building email Scotty

Bringing It Home Movie Review by MOhempEnergy

MOhemp Energy is proud to review the free online screening of Bringing It Home by Linda Booker and Blaire Johnson.  For MOhemp Energys 100th Industrial Hemp Blog post.

Please Watch and Share the Movie free till July 11, 2015.  Purchases of the Movie can be made and 5 dollars of each movie sold will go to Vote Hemp to continue their fight for the right to grow Industrial Hemp in the USA.

Here is a few informative screen shots I took of the Movie. 

Bringing It Home Movie Screen Shot: $1,220 per acre from Dual Hemp Crop (fiber and seed)

Hemp vs Cotton Water, Pesticides and Chemicals Comparison

Learn More about Bringing It Home Movie

Thank You to the, Bringing It Home Movie Sponsors: Dr Bronner Magic Soaps, Nutiva, Merry Hempsters, Hemptations, The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation, The Park Foundation, Unitarian Universalist of Raleigh

Bringing It Home Movie Review by Scotty-MOhemp Energy

It was great to see the rockstars of the Industrial Hemp Industry that are revolutionizing the way Hemp is used as a sustainable and natural alternative to many of the chemical and oil based products on the market and on the store shelves.

I agree with Ms Anndrea Hermann that:

It is completely irrational that Farmers in the United States of America are not allowed to grow Industrial Hemp when we are importing Millions of dollars worth of Hemp products every year.

Hempcrete Healthy Buildings and were highlighted in six different parts of the movie with attention was given to USA's first Hempcrete Home in South Carolina built by Youtube Video Hemp Technologies, designed by Anthony Brenner of Healthy Home Consultant


Hemp Oil Business success featured an interview with Dr Bonners Magic Soap and others.  It was interesting to learn that the company David Bonner mentioned that the Dr Bonner Magic Soap business in 2000 had 15 employees and earned 6 Million dollars.  They had projected their company would be a 13 Million dollar company, after adding Hemp based products they have grown to a 43 Million Dollar Company.  They also talked about how the company had grown from 12 people working in the processing facility to 87 employees!

Hemp Clothing by Hemporium, and Pretty Birdie, Stephanie Teague highlighted how orders came in from all over the world for her custom made hemp based clothing, and how she orders her material from companies in China and Canada because she cannot buy hemp based clothing that is American Made.

Hemp Fabric benefits: 4 times UV and UVB Protection, 4 times wicking ability plus Antibacterial Properties

BRINGING IT HOME has been an important part of Vote Hemp's and Hemp History Week's advocacy campaign to educate consumers and lawmakers about industrial hemp's uses for healthy, sustainable products for nutrition, construction materials, bio-composites, textiles, body care and more and why policy change is needed to bring this beneficial crop back to all of America's farmers for a greener future.

About Vote Hemp Vote Hemp is a national, single-issue, non-profit organization dedicated to the acceptance of and a free market for industrial hemp, low-THC oilseed and fiber varieties of Cannabis, and to changes in current law to allow U.S. farmers to once again grow the crop.

MOhemp Energy Additional Equipment Page 35

Once the hemp stalks and seeds have been processed they will then be transported to the Scale and Bagging Station where all the materials are bagged to order or resale.

MOhemp Energy Mobile Scale and Bagging Station

• Scale
• Bagging Station 
• Livestock feed pellets 50-80# bags or Bulk
• Raw Hemp Oil 50-80 Gal Drums or Tanks
• Fuel Tanks for Biodiesel
• Bags Hurds, Shives, Fibers, Bags or Bulk, 
• Biomass Fiber Pellets Bags or Bulk

Mobile Biodiesel Production Page 36

Biodiesel Processor (450 Gallons Per Day) $10,952.80

MOhemp Mobile Hemp Processing System

MOhemp Energy Mobile Biodiesel Processing Station

Seed Hulling Equipment Example Page 34

Information provided by a French Company

Seeds Dehulling Machinery

The sheller is specially designed for rapeseed hulling and kernel husk separation in the oil milling plant.  The huller works by means of extrusion, shearing, twisting and tearing of the paired rolls. The kernel husk separator works by means of vibrating screens and air currents according to different bulk densities and sizes of the husks and kernels.

After cleaning, oilseeds such as sunflower seeds are conveyed to the seed dehulling equipment to separate the kernels. KMEC's sunflower seed dehulling machines adopt a unique seed dehuller and are controlled by frequency conversion technology. Sunflower seeds which remain unhulled are recycled within the equipment until properly dehulled. The efficiency of the dehuller is about 95 to 98 percent, with the rate of broken kernels at 2 to 5 percent.

Seed Dehulling Machine Technical Data

• Capacity: huller: 100t/d(24h)
• kernel husk separator: 50t/d(24h)
• Husk separation rate: 90～98%(water content: 2～10%).
• Rate of husk in kernel: 1～4%

Mobile Seed Oil Press Page 33

Hemp Seed Oil Press

Oil Press $19,990.00

The double head press extract more oil from most feedstock, up to 38% and 10% more output than a single oil press and can be configured in either single head or double head, providing maximum flexibility for an oil press. 

• a work horse and ideal for large scale production operation who have three phase 380/480v power options. 
• screw press designed for extracting oil from any oil seed, algae or almost anything that contains oil. It is an ideal oil press for production of biodiesel and edible oil. 
• superior to most of its competitors because it has a “squeeze” rather than a “crush” philosophy, making the parts last longer, metal is not touching metal.

These presses extract up to 94% oil from large variety of oilseed and algae. The extruded meal is perfect for fuel or feed.

Highpower Hemp Seed Oil Press