Jennifer Martin
Bio
Jennifer is a sustainable architecture design/builder with 20+ years of experience in low-carbon natural building and high-performance green construction. As a partner at HempStone, she serves as Catalyst to advocate for carbon-beneficial material use throughout the building assembly. Jennifer has a passion for responsible local material resource use, a deep understanding of collaborative culture, and a commitment to change the paradigms of the building industry.
Jennifer spent over a decade helping grow Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage into a viable demonstration of sustainable and cooperative living. At Dancing Rabbit, Jennifer served on Village Land Use and Building Planning committees while working alongside passionate and committed folks to develop residential and community-scale sustainable architecture.
Jennifer has experience in LEED Platinum, Living Building Challenge, and Passive House building methodologies, and now puts her extensive experience in natural building and ecological design to use at HempStone. Based in New England, HempStone provides full-service hempcrete design and construction services and supports the development of a carbon-beneficial construction industry as Regional Leaders of the US Hemp Building Association.