Life Cycle Assessment of Hempstone for Green Buildings
Hemp is a non-psychoactive (less than 1 % tetrahydrocannabinol) variety of Cannabis sativa L.It is cultivated on hills and used mainly for textiles.Hemp requires less water and pesticides.It grows fast (3 - 4 m in 3 months) and has a high carbon sequestration rate of 1.67 kg CO2-eq per kg of hemp fibre.The local hemp in Thailand is the Rpf3 species