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A monolithic wall made from timber and hempcrete re-
places many different materials that are required in a con-
ventional modern wall build-up, e.g. bricks, blocks, cavity
insulation, membranes and wall ties.
This cost comparison is of course made without pricing in the exceptional thermal per-
formance over the lifetime of the building of hempcrete compared with conventional ma-
terials (in contrast to hempcrete, lightweight insulation materials - especially synthetic
ones - may lose their shape and sag over time; they also have negligible thermal mass),
which significantly reduces the running costs of heating and cooling systems. It also
doesn't take into account other benefits of hempcrete, which might be considered in terms
of costs, albeit of a non-monetary sort:
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