International Hemp Building Association
The International Hemp Building Association (IHBA)[1] is the largest association internationally in this sector. Members and partners of the association include architects, builders, consultants, designers, the European Industrial Hemp Association (EIHA), the Hemp Industries Association and manufacturers. A non-profit association founded in 2009 by director Steve Allin author and hemp building consultant,[2] [3]the association globally promotes and supports the production and use of all hemp based construction materials and their by-products in a sustainable and bio-regional manner.[4]
In April 2011 professionals in the hemp building industry from around the globe were interviewed for the documentary Bringing It Home [5] at the association’s 2nd International Hemp Building Symposium, in Granada, Spain. The IHBA cooperated with the technology department of engineering sciences of Uppsala University in Sweden in 2014 on research into a study on the potential of hemp buildings in different climates. [6]
References
- ^ Glenn, Willi (August 31, 2014) Hemp — The Super Weed — Part III Archived 2014-08-31 at archive.today. The New Era Times.
- ^ Martell, Sherry (July 26, 2013) First hemp house in Atlantic Canada under construction in The Falls. Truro Daily News.
- ^ Hilton, Lindsay (March 8, 2016)Bellingham hemp advocate hopes to change the way we build. Bellingham Herald.
- ^ Markgraaff, Dion (January 1, 2010) Hemp Houses. Nug Magazine.
- ^ (August 27, 2014) Bringing it Home. NRV News.
- ^ Ahlberg, Johan and Georges, Elza and Norlén, Mikael (2014) The potential of hemp buildings in different climates: A comparison between a common passive house and the hempcrete building system. Uppsala University, Department of Engineering Sciences.