Join us on October 3-5, 2025 for the 13th International Hemp Building Symposium at the Lower Sioux Indian Community, Minnesota US
Our Sponsors
The 13th International Hemp Building Symposium is coming to the United States for the very first time this October, bringing together leading experts, innovators, and professionals from around the world to explore the future of sustainable construction.
This is a rare opportunity to support and engage with the global hemp building community at a truly one-of-a-kind gathering.
Fifty percent of the profits from the 13th Symposium will be shared with the Lower Sioux Community to help build a community school.
By contributing in this way, we aim to support their vision for education, cultural preservation, and future generations, ensuring that the benefits of the event extend far beyond the symposium itself.
Symposium Organiser
A non-profit association founded in 2009 by director Steve Allin author and hemp building consultant, the International Hemp Building 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.
Symposium Hosts
Symposium Main Sponsor
EREASY® System High Performance Hempcrete
In 2009, Damien Baumer, a mason by trade, conceived the idea of an interlocking block that could easily be accepted by masons in France. The block was a solution to the problems of thermal bridging, and allowed for a reinforced concrete structure to be cast within it.
With help from his father – who had experience with steel fabrication from his trade as a car body builder – Damien made a mould for the block and then turned his home into a factory producing the new blocks, which was undertaken with the help of his wife Celine and their willing children, making up to fifteen blocks a day. At the same he filed a patent for the block design.
In 2012, the Vicat group came on-board with the idea. This began a collaboration that has resulted in Damien shepherding the further development of the block system, named Biosys® and controlling manufacture until the commercialisation of the system is complete
In 2015 while working on an old farmhouse he began developing a spray application system including a new type of binder and a very fast spray system. The material applied provides a high level of insulation and faster drying time than other products.
Now called the EREASY® system it is used on projects all over Europe and the USA. Damien continues to improve the system with remote control equipment and spray lance design.
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