How to Assess the Financial Viability of Building a Home in Spain
How to Assess the Financial Viability of Building a Home in Spain
The financial viability of building a home in Spain boils down to two figures:
1.the value of your finished home
2.the costs of designing and building it and the cost of the land
Continue readingDesigning the Optimal Solar Orientation of Your Villa in Spain
The angle at which the sun’s rays hit your home varies during the day and from season to season. It can have a big effect on your heating / cooling costs and on the overall sense of comfort your home gives you. It should be studied in conjunction with the layout and function of the rooms and outside spaces, the window placement, the insulation / thermal mass, and heating and cooling systems. Getting this right is a big part of designing a comfortable energy efficient home.
Continue readingIt’s hot hot hot! Cool your building with no electricity, no moving parts and no noise
Conventional air conditioning burns a hole in your wallet and if the electricity is generated from fossil fuels it contributes to climate change. So cool your building with no electricity, no moving parts and no noise. Solar Cooling Spain Solar Cooling with Salts It’s a brilliantly conceived system. It just uses the energy from theContinue reading
Space Heating and Cooling With Heat Pumps
With space heating and cooling accounting for 70% of domestic energy requirements heat pumps have fast become the darling of the energy efficient housing industry. Take space heating and cooling out of the equation and you’re way on the way to a zero carbon home. Heat pumps use the time proven refrigeration cycle that weContinue reading
Keep your house cool in summer without air conditioning – What? Can this be possible?
Like a Myth Busters on the Discovery Channel I have always been curious if it is possible to “bust the myth” of whether you can keep a house cool using only a smart design and without using air conditioning. Is it really possible? Can we really keep a house in Southern Spain cool in aContinue reading