Canadian College Students Build Hemp Showcase

University of British Columbia students are enjoying a vibrant new teaching and learning space that is one of Canada’s first institutional spaces designed to be near-zero embodied carbon. It’s also the first such building designed by students.

Known as the Third Space Commons, the new institutional space is made out of hempcrete which is one of the first ‘carbon-minimal’ institutional buildings in Canada. It will serve as a collaborative workspace and living laboratory for students, industry partners, and researchers to investigate zero-emission, regenerative and climate-resilient design.

The bright and airy 2,400-sq.-ft. wood frame building emitted nearly-zero carbon emissions during construction, a feat that many view to be the final frontier facing carbon emissions reductions across the global building industry.

Virtually every material, construction technique, and design element of the project was chosen for its ability to lower or even capture carbon emissions.

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