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The International Hemp Building Association (IHBA) is a non-profit company Limited by Guarantee and not having a Share Capital, formed on the 20th November 2009 in Ireland. Company number 477769. The IHBA currently has over 200 members from 25 different countries from all over the globe.

Welcome. Click on the button or image to read and download the IHBA Position Paper from February 2022 on The Appropriate Measurement of Hemp and Other Natural Building Material Performance.

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Steve Allin
Steve Allin

The IHBA was founded in 2009 with the aim of promoting and supporting the sustainable and bio-regional production and use of all hemp-based construction materials and by-products worldwide. The association strives to gather and share knowledge about these materials and systems, from those developing and using them to those interested in them. It also assists members in developing systems for producing and using the materials in vernacular and new styles of architecture appropriate to their region. Furthermore, the IHBA works to educate and inform relevant government and trade bodies to establish the infrastructure necessary to create a hemp building industry globally while minimizing the environmental impact of such materials.

Steve Allin, the IHBA director and founder, has been a pioneer of hemp use in construction since 1997 and has authored Building with Hemp (2006) and Hemp Buildings: 50 International Case Studies (2021). As a hemp building consultant, he has provided advice for projects in various countries, including Belgium, Canada, Ireland, South Africa, Switzerland, the UK, and the US, and has introduced hemp building for the first time in Haiti, Nepal, and Latvia. Since 2001, he has conducted many successful hemp building courses in Australia, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Sweden, and the US. As the director of the IHBA, Steve has given presentations in several countries, including the Czech Republic, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, Spain, Sweden, and the US.

List of activities and Symposiums organised by the International Hemp Building Association since its forming in 2009.

YearLocationEventCapacityTitle of Presentation given
Jun 2022Brussels, BelgiumEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 17th ConferenceSpeakerHemp Building Session
Sep 2020Online9th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
October 2019Ketchum, Idaho, USA1st US Hemp Building SummitKeynote SpeakerTime to Get Serious, What Has CBD Got To Do With Hemp Building
June 2019Cologne, GermanyEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 16th ConferenceSpeakerThe Broad Range of Hempcrete Applications Worldwide
February 2019Kathmandu, Nepal1st Asian Hemp SummitSpeakerA More Human Approach: Local hemp value chain organization & culture
December 2018Vienna, AustriaInternational Cannabis Policy ConferenceSpeakerHemp and the Environment
October 2018Brussels, Belgium8th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
October 2017Montreal, Canada7th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
June 2017Cologne, GermanyEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 14th ConferenceSession chairmanHemp Building
May 2017Tillburg, NetherlandsEcoWeekSpeakerBio Based (R)evolution
October 2016Verona, Italy6th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
June 2016Wesserling,GermanyEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 13th ConferenceDelegateSteve Allin
March 2016Tangier, MoroccoINTERNATIONAL COLLOQUIUM on CANNABIS and DrugsSpeakerUse of Hempcrete Internationally
March 2016Kathmandu, NepalDr Baburam Bhattarai ex Prime Minister of NepalMeetingHemp Building
December 2015Paris, FranceCOP 21, World Hemp QuarterInfo Stand/SpeakerHemp Building
October 2015Uckermark, Germany5th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
May 2015Wesserling,GermanyEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 12th ConferenceDelegateTerry Barman
September 2014Washington DC, USAHemp Industries Association ConferenceSpeakerBuilding a Hemp Building Industry
April 2014CatWise Centre, Wales4th International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
October 2012Yverdon-Les-Bains, Switzerland3rd International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
March 2012Malmo, SwedenHemp ConferenceUniversity of Agricultural Science in AlnarpSpeakerHemp Building
November 2011San Francisco, USAHemp ConferenceUniversity of Agricultural Science in AlnarpSpeakerPast, Present and Future of Hemp in Building
June 2011Cork, IrelandNEES Kick-off meetingSpeakerHemp Building
May 2011Wesserling,GermanyEuropean Industrial Hemp Association 8th ConferenceSpeakerHemp Composite Production in Ireland
May 2011Kaunus,LithuaniaBaltic Bast Fibres Growers and Processors Association ConferenceSpeakerHemp Building
April 2011Malaga, SpainExpoCannabisInfo Stand/SpeakerHemp Building
April 2011Granada, Spain2nd International Hemp Building SymposiumOrganiserSymposium
November 2010Prague,Czech RepublicCannafestInfo Stand/SpeakerHemp Building
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