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How Much Carbon Do Our Straw Structural Panels Capture?

For us here at Hiberna Modular, Christmas came early when the Embodied Carbon Assessment landed on our desk back in October ‘23. Let Us Explain. Simply put, our goal at HM is to supply New Zealand with warm, comfortable buildings, which are affordable to construct, and lock carbon into the build. Designed to provide New ...

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Structural Panel Installation: We Answer All Your Questions

We recently sat down with Ben Eyers, founder of Hiberna Modular, to ask him some short, sharp questions on who, how & why the structural panels are installed on the build site. Read on for all the info.  Q: Are the panels available throughout New Zealand? The short answer is yes. They’re available throughout the ...

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The Zen of Sustainable Living: How Eco-Friendly Homes Improve Our Well-Being

For most of us living an (intentionally, or not) fast-paced modern lifestyle (even in 1st world New Zealand) – we can find ourselves needing to balance out the stresses of everyday life once we arrive home. It’s no accident that the Dutch concept of ‘hygge’ has risen in popularity globally. For our homes to be ...

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10 things We Love About Straw Structural Buildings

Our high-performance panels are the result of over a decade of practical experience constructing, researching, designing and assessing straw bale homes. So we know just how fantastic they are. But unlike in Europe (where similar technology has been gaining popularity for a while now), the huge benefits of building straw structural buildings are relatively unknown ...

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LBP’s New Code of Ethics – Too Little, Too Late?

If you’re interested in the world of sustainable building like us, you may have heard that there’s a new Licensed Building Practitioners code of ethics in town. The Government introduced this new code of ethics for LBPs back in October 2021, and a year later it is now enforceable by the Building Practitioners Board. The ...

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Why Doesn’t NZ Fire Test?

Today We’re Asking: Why Doesn’t NZ Fire Test? This may come as news to you (not to us, as we’ve been in the industry for over a decade now), but the materials we use to build our homes here in NZ are not required (by law) to be fire tested. The NZ Building Code (Clause ...

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