Today we work with really diverse clients to produce truly ecological, healthy & beautiful housing – providing real comfort and less cost to the environment, with the added benefit of minimal running costs. Energy modelling and environmental assessment informs everything we do.
Hiberna provides a full service, from concept and planning, through design and analysis, to building and finishing. If you have a question about natural building or energy, we would love to help!
Ben Eyers
NATURAL BUILDING BUILDER, PROJECT MANAGER, PLASTERER
Ben Eyers LBP, Nat Cert Carpentry, Nat Diploma
Ben has been working with low-energy, natural buildings since 2008, specialising in strawbale construction and natural plasters. His expertise has taken him around the world, from studying Tadelakt in Morocco to building a lime kiln in The Gambia and working on lime plastering projects in England and Spain.
As one of the few WUFI-trained builders in New Zealand, Ben applies advanced modelling to ensure durable, high-performance buildings. In 2020, he completed the first certified straw-bale Passive House in the Southern Hemisphere. Through Hiberna, the modular straw panel system he developed, he has since delivered more certified and sustainable homes.
To date, Ben has contributed to the construction of ten straw-bale homes, pioneering a low-impact approach to modern building.
We believe that buildings do not need to be detrimental to the environment and to health. Environmental buildings are good buildings: well designed, well built and pleasant and healthy to be in.
