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Category Archives: Eco Lifestyle
Electricity from Solar Energy – Harvest the Spanish Sun
Solar panels are not just for producing hot water. They are also used for producing electricity. With rapidly rising fuel costs the prospect of producing energy which is clean green and carbon free is becoming increasingly attractive. In Spain solar … Continue reading
Posted in Eco Design and Construction, Eco Lifestyle
Tagged architect costa del sol, build home granada, build home marbella, construction, domestic photovoltaic energy, domestic pv, eco, eco construction, eco home spain, energy efficient, green electricity, photovoltaic panels. photovoltaic electricity, pv in spain, solar electricity in spain
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Biomass Heating Systems
As the price of fossil fuels jump to record highs and climate change focusses people’s attention on CO2 neutral fuels biomass heating systems are increasingly popular and effective. Biomass is organic material which has stored solar energy in plants from … Continue reading
Posted in Eco Design and Construction, Eco Lifestyle
Tagged air conditioning, air source heat pump, architect costa del sol, biomass heating, biomass in spain, build home granada, build home marbella, comfort, construction, eco, eco heating systems, energy efficiency, heating costa del sol, heating granada, heating marbella, heating systems spain
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Why It Makes Financial Sense to Build Green
Whilst it would be easy for me to say that green building always pays when you consider the wider benefits it can sometimes seem hard to justify the additional up-front costs. Certainly ensuring that a building comes in on budget … Continue reading
Posted in Eco Design and Construction, Eco Lifestyle, Miscellaneous
Tagged air conditioning, air source heat pump, architect, architect costa del sol, architect marbella, architect spain, architects, build home granada, build home marbella, comfort, construction, cooling in spain, cost efficient building, eci build spain, eco air con, eco buil, eco home spain, global warming
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Why its More Comfortable Living in an Energy Efficient Home
John Wolfendale talks for 3 minutes on why its more comfortable living in an energy efficient home. Open up the blog post to access the video.
Posted in Eco Design and Construction, Eco Lifestyle
Tagged air conditioning, air source heat pump, architect, architect costa del sol, architect marbella, architect spain, build home marbella, comfort, construction, cooling in spain, eco air con, eco construction, energy efficiency, new build andalucia, new build granada, new build spain
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Real Sustainable Homes : Let’s recycle our houses not just our rubbish!
Our quality of life is highly influenced by the homes in which we live. At their best homes can be inspiring, efficient structures, which facilitate health and creativity and enable us to live in harmony with one another and the … Continue reading
4 Spanish Things that are Carbon Zero
I stumbled across a fabulous website on graphic representation by David McCandless, and got thoroughly distracted for an hour or so. Being a bit of an eco geek, one caught my eye about how much CO2 is produced by different … Continue reading
The Comfortable Eco-lifestyle
Living the eco-lifestyle seems like an unachievable task for many of us. We know we should do more, and we’re constantly reminded that by doing little things and taking simple steps we can help reduce our carbon footprint to the … Continue reading
The Armchair Eco Warrior
We’ve always maintained that you may build an energy efficient house for perfectly selfish reasons. They are far more comfortable to live in, and save you money – not particularly eco warrior sentiments. More radical comfort, than radical politics. But … Continue reading