World leading architects will design the 99 state-of-the-art, solar powered cottages.
The cottages will be built using the most ground-breaking, sustainable and environmentally friendly methods in existence.
World leading architects will design the 99 state-of-the-art, solar powered cottages.
The cottages will be built using the most ground-breaking, sustainable and environmentally friendly methods in existence.
We intend to renovate and repurpose many of the existing barns and stables and build alongside those structures in a way that will dovetail with the local architecture and vernacular yet, equally importantly, we plan to build using sustainable and environmentally friendly methods that will work to achieve not just carbon neutrality but carbon negativity.
Construction that is inspired by passive house engineering which utilizes biomaterials, cutting edge prefabrication techniques, harnessing wind, solar and geothermal, optimising state of the art water harvesting and sewage treatment, and using local materials and craftspeople, wherever possible.
Protecting and promoting biodiversity will be paramount to the development.
We plan to plant more trees than we remove. The goal is to reforest some of the property planting trees and crops that support genuine biodiversity and simultaneously purchase several hundred acres in the Ecuadorean Rainforest to start offsetting carbon even before we break ground.
As well as being very careful about the products used throughout the site, Shelter will embrace biodiversity by introducing a number of initiatives, including:
o Biomaterials used in construction of buildings and structures
o Green roofs
o Drainage using ground infiltration (bioswales)
o Biodiverse playground
o Rainwater ponds
o Flowers under the trees
o Stretches of wildflower meadows
o Native plants that attract pollinators
o Bat boxes
o Insect hotels
