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Flax and hemp as building material: back on track. Connecting the entire chain, from farmer to builder

OBJECTIVE

Grow2Build – carried out in the period 2013-2015 – has worked towards the transition of the north west European economy from an oil based economy towards a biobased economy. Specific focus has been put on the integration of local sustainable cultivation of hemp and flax as the NWE region is particularly suitable for cultivation of these crops compared to other European regions. Hemp and flax crops can fit perfectly in a sustainable primary production system. This way the region can differentiate itself in its economic development through the exploitation of the strengths of the region, namely the ideal growing circumstances for hemp and flax and the historical expertise available on the cultivation and processing of these crops. Grow2Build focused specifically on hemp and flax based building materials: Grow2Build wanted to tackle the remaining bottlenecks through the whole product chain of hemp and flax based bio building materials as well as in the marketing of those products. Grow2build aimed at developing this bio economical business in a sustainable and profitable way within the NWE region.
ACRONYM

Grow2Build
FUNDING SOURCE

other EU
WEBSITE http://www.grow2build.eu/
REPORT http://www.grow2build.eu/results
CROP CATEGORIES

Lignocellulosic

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PROJECT DURATION

2011-2015
PROJECT TYPE

EU
NUTS3
CROP CATEGORIES

Lignocellulosic
KEYWORDS

Bio-based economy

Flax

Hemp

Building materials

Sustainable
OTHER GEOLOCATION
FUNDING SOURCE

other EU
FINAL REPORT

http://www.grow2build.eu/results

TOPICS

Cultivation & agronomic management

Harvest & logistics

Uses/applications

COORDINATOR

WUR
PARTNERS

DLO (NL)

Brunel University (UK)

Inagro (BE)

BAS (BE)

Celabor (BE)

DLV Plant (NL)

CREPIM (FR)

Institut für Textiltechnik RWTH Aachen University (DE)

Materia Nova (FR)

VIBE (DE)

Saxion (NL)

Grow2Build – carried out in the period 2013-2015 – has worked towards the transition of the north west European economy from an oil based economy towards a biobased economy. Specific focus has been put on the integration of local sustainable cultivation of hemp and flax as the NWE region is particularly suitable for cultivation of these crops compared to other European regions. Hemp and flax crops can fit perfectly in a sustainable primary production system. This way the region can differentiate itself in its economic development through the exploitation of the strengths of the region, namely the ideal growing circumstances for hemp and flax and the historical expertise available on the cultivation and processing of these crops. Grow2Build focused specifically on hemp and flax based building materials: Grow2Build wanted to tackle the remaining bottlenecks through the whole product chain of hemp and flax based bio building materials as well as in the marketing of those products. Grow2build aimed at developing this bio economical business in a sustainable and profitable way within the NWE region.

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