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Tag Archives: eco construction
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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What is Great About Living in Spain?
Graham Hunt (who does everything at Valencia Property) posed a question on the Facebook group “Writers and Bloggers about Spain”. He asked us What is Great About Living In Spain. The answers came thick and fast and it was refreshing … Continue reading
Posted in Spanish Lifestyle
Tagged architect costa del sol, best about spain, best of spain, build home granada, build home marbella, eco construction, energy efficiency, like living in Spain, like spain, Living in Spain, love spain, socially responsible architeture, Spanish lifestyle
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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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Andalucia Property Market Analysis
Barbara Wood has written an erudite article analyzing the current state of the residential property market in Andalucía. It is on Mark Stucklins excellent website Spanish Property Insight. There is a link to the full article at the bottom of … Continue reading
Domestic Hot Water From Solar Energy in Spain
No one who has sat in the midday sun in July in Andalucía would doubt is power. There’s certainly no shortage of energy. All we have to do is harness it. With an average of over 300 days of sunshine … Continue reading
Passive Solar Design: Harness the Energy of the Spanish Sun for Heating and Cooling Your Home
An appreciation of how best to manipulate natural energy resources is fundamental to successful energy efficient design. Daylight, sunlight, and solar heating should be embraced early in the design stage of a project in what is now called passive solar … Continue reading
Posted in Eco Design and Construction
Tagged air source heat pump, architect costa del sol, architect marbella, architect spain, architects, build home granada, build home marbella, build in Granada, build in malaga, build in Marbella, construction, eco construction, eco design spain, eco home spain, passive cooling, passive heating
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Design Your Home in Spain for Airtightness
Expensive heated air or cooled air is constantly escaping from our homes in Spain giving rise to discomfort, high energy bills, and speeding up climate change. Regardless of how much or what type of insulation you put into your home … Continue reading
Energy Efficient Homes in Spain – Less Is More
The misconception that energy efficient buildings will cost more to build is almost impossible to shift. Most people in this area seem to miss the point. For the most part energy efficiency in the home isn’t about technical solutions such … Continue reading
Posted in Eco Design and Construction, Miscellaneous
Tagged architect costa del sol, architect marbella, architect spain, design a home granada, design a home marbella, eco construction, eco home spain, energy efficiency, energy efficient design spain, remodel a home malaga, renovate a home granada, renovate a home marbella
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El Cortijo – a Green Renovation Project
The old Cortijo in Motril was acquired by a cancer research charity and bought as an investment to convert into apartments to rent out. The brief was to renovate and completely modernize the building. Many of the techniques which were … Continue reading
Incentives for Energy Efficient Renovation
There’s no denying that energy efficiency in buildings are the future. A low energy home does not only provide a much higher standard of comfort and drastically reduce the utility costs; it’s now bit by bit being implemented by law … Continue reading