Build Log
Plantd Expands into Furniture with Modern Office Brand Studio TK
Our grass-based structural panels for walls and roofs are now available in commercial furniture where people gather, work, and connect.
In a World of Walls, One Wall Stands Apart
Structural Insulated Sheathing powered by Plantd is a next-generation wall panel. It’s a new answer to the question: what should a wall actually do?
Biochar for Soil Health
Biochar strengthens long-term soil health — not just this season, but for decades.
Scaling Climate Solutions: How Plantd is Turning Atmospheric Carbon into Products Customers Love
What’s the fastest way to capture and store carbon to prevent a climate catastrophe? Plants, construction materials, and products people love.
Building the Future, One Machine at a Time
This month, we invited Plantd’s investors and industry stakeholders to our first Demo Day, where we unveiled our pilot production technology and...
The Most Impactful 101 Acres We’ll Ever Plant
Creating a new agricultural supply chain is daunting. Yet, we realized less than a year after founding Plantd in 2021 that to accomplish our goal...
Creating a Circular Economy for Lumber using Machines and AI
Eric Law is the founder of Urban Machine, a company that focuses on addressing the problem of wood waste in construction and...
How Technology and Innovation are Transforming U.S. Home Construction
Single-family homes in the United States look very different than they did centuries ago, but at their core are still wooden frames with walls and...
Meet Plantd’s Production Manager: Anthony Frances
At Plantd, the Production Team is responsible for building the machines that the Engineering Team creates. At the helm of the Production Team is...
What Does it Take to Build the Factory of The Future?
Meet Nathan Silvernail and Huade Tan. This duo previously worked together at SpaceX, where they collaborated to design and build life support...
An Inside Look at the First Roof Built with Plantd Structural Panels
Last month, we successfully installed Plantd Structural Panels for the first time on a residential job site in Durham, North Carolina...
Designing a Carbon Negative Future with Eric Corey Freed
Eric Corey Freed is an accomplished American architect who has spent his career pioneering sustainability in architecture. Eric has authored...
Can Oriented Strand Board (OSB) Get Wet?
Oriented Strand Board, abbreviated as OSB, is one of the most common building materials in the United States. The 4-foot by 8-foot sizing of OSB...
Our Plantd x D.R. Horton Collaboration Brings Carbon Negative Building Materials to Everyday Americans
The D.R. Horton order for 250,000 panels means that over 1,000 new homes will soon be built with carbon-negative building materials. D.R. Horton focus...
Our Panel Calculation: How Many Trees Does Plantd Save Per Single-Family House?
To create engineered wood products like Oriented Strand Board (OSB), wood product companies grow tree species like loblolly pine in managed...
Building climate-resilient housing requires shifting away from timber and trees
Throughout history, human-made structures have adapted and evolved in response to technological advances and environmental conditions. Humans...
What is Carbon Sequestration?
Nature can be the inspiration for solving many real-world problems, and on occasion, nature itself can be the solution. Through sequestering carbon...