When it comes to trashing the planet, gas-guzzling automobiles and belching factories get most of the blame. Yet the primary offenders are actually closer to home. Here are the shocking numbers: The construction and operation of buildings generate half of all greenhouse-gas emissions in developed countries, according to estimates based on data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Residential buildings alone account for 21% of national energy consumption -- nearly as much as transportation (27%)
Ecological housing has the purpose of reducing negative effects on the environment, and going further than that into actually aiding the environment. Ecological houses are built with the goal of sustainable development, in other words using resources and technologies that focus on renewability. Ecological communities are an incredibly rapid-growing industry. Ecological housing can be used on individual home projects, or to create entire estates or communities.
The Brazilian case
Two major international sporting events are propelling real estate investment in Brazil. The hosting of the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics has attracted investors to the emerging regional powerhouse.
Massive infrastructure spending combined with increase demand for housing, both for owner-occupancy and rental, is expected to boost the real estate market for several years.
From 2006 to mid-2008, property developers in Brazil witnessed enormous increases in launches and sales. Strong lower and middle class residential property demand fuelled a construction boom.
The boom was slightly interrupted by the global financial crisis and economic slowdown in 2H-2008. After Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s popular samba and beach city, clinched the bid to host the 2016 Olympics, the housing boom resumed immediately.
In Q3 2009, the average price of new launches surged by 25% to BRL3,465 (US$1946) per sq. m. from a year earlier. The number of units launched also rose by 44% to 7,858 units from 5,462 a year ago, according to Cyrela Brazil Realty, Brazil’s largest developer. The average price of sales increased by 13% while the number of units sold rose by 28%, within the same period.
Around 83% of Brazil’s 195 million population live in urban areas. The metropolitan area of Sao Paolo has a population of more than 27 million. The state of Rio de Janeiro has a population of more than 15 million.
Brazil has Latin America’s highest level of inequality. This is very visible in the favelas on the hilly outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and other cities. Favelas are named after the squatter settlements on the hill Morro da Favela, near the centre of Rio. It is estimated that about one-third of Rio’s population lives in favelas. The situation is the same in other major cities, such as Brasilia and Sao Paolo; perhaps 40% of the cities' population lives in these squatter settlements.
Home ownership is at 75%, with only about 14% of the 42 million housing stock rented. But around 85% of all homeowners live in low quality, self-built, single-room housing units.
Housing and ecology go together
One Spanish company, Perfiles SM, has brought to the market a very interesting solution combining the need for multi unit housing with economic and rapid deployment together with an ecological solution for middle to low class housing solutions.
The uniqueness of this solution is that all the materials necessary for complete infrastructure of the housing development are self contained in a standard 40 foot shipping container. This patented process produces all of the necessary elements to build two complete family units, including all the bathroom and kitchen sanitary equipment and materials. These materials are all low carbon footprint and generate EU green certificates. But that is not all, the houses are completely insulated providing high energy efficiency ratings for both cold and heat.
The roofs of the housing units which are certified for up to 11 stories in height are laden with photovoltaic and solar thermal panels, from a revolutionary Israeli technology, that provide both electricity and hot water, a luxury in houses in general in many countries like Brazil. But the energy sustainability does not end there; the central heating or cooling facility operates by the low CO2 emission burning of biomass pellets which can be produced nearby.
These “houses in-a-box”
which are environmentally friendly provide all the necessary high cleantech materials and are assembled on site generating much needed local employment. The container itself forms part of the unit infrastructure. All the necessary materials are shipped inside a standard container and shipped to the closest port for low cost transportation to the development location. A four man team can construct and have ready for occupancy a building of twelve 60 square meter family units in 30 days, reducing financial strains of the developer.
The end user cost of each family unit, depending on the country and final destination can be as little as
24,000€. The housing units not only are permanent and a have an expected lifespan superior to traditional housing in the EU, but can also be completely disassembled and put back into the original container if need. This also makes this application ideal for emergency housing in regions hit by natural disasters.
Why go through all the pain of permitting and subsidizing energy generating plants when the downstream user can be environmentally friendly and contribute the largest cuts in CO2 emissions?
For more information contact Eco-Housing
Ecological housing has the purpose of reducing negative effects on the environment, and going further than that into actually aiding the environment. Ecological houses are built with the goal of sustainable development, in other words using resources and technologies that focus on renewability. Ecological communities are an incredibly rapid-growing industry. Ecological housing can be used on individual home projects, or to create entire estates or communities.
The Brazilian case
Two major international sporting events are propelling real estate investment in Brazil. The hosting of the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics has attracted investors to the emerging regional powerhouse.
Massive infrastructure spending combined with increase demand for housing, both for owner-occupancy and rental, is expected to boost the real estate market for several years.
From 2006 to mid-2008, property developers in Brazil witnessed enormous increases in launches and sales. Strong lower and middle class residential property demand fuelled a construction boom.
The boom was slightly interrupted by the global financial crisis and economic slowdown in 2H-2008. After Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s popular samba and beach city, clinched the bid to host the 2016 Olympics, the housing boom resumed immediately.
In Q3 2009, the average price of new launches surged by 25% to BRL3,465 (US$1946) per sq. m. from a year earlier. The number of units launched also rose by 44% to 7,858 units from 5,462 a year ago, according to Cyrela Brazil Realty, Brazil’s largest developer. The average price of sales increased by 13% while the number of units sold rose by 28%, within the same period.
Around 83% of Brazil’s 195 million population live in urban areas. The metropolitan area of Sao Paolo has a population of more than 27 million. The state of Rio de Janeiro has a population of more than 15 million.
Brazil has Latin America’s highest level of inequality. This is very visible in the favelas on the hilly outskirts of Rio de Janeiro and other cities. Favelas are named after the squatter settlements on the hill Morro da Favela, near the centre of Rio. It is estimated that about one-third of Rio’s population lives in favelas. The situation is the same in other major cities, such as Brasilia and Sao Paolo; perhaps 40% of the cities' population lives in these squatter settlements.
Home ownership is at 75%, with only about 14% of the 42 million housing stock rented. But around 85% of all homeowners live in low quality, self-built, single-room housing units.
Housing and ecology go together
One Spanish company, Perfiles SM, has brought to the market a very interesting solution combining the need for multi unit housing with economic and rapid deployment together with an ecological solution for middle to low class housing solutions.
The uniqueness of this solution is that all the materials necessary for complete infrastructure of the housing development are self contained in a standard 40 foot shipping container. This patented process produces all of the necessary elements to build two complete family units, including all the bathroom and kitchen sanitary equipment and materials. These materials are all low carbon footprint and generate EU green certificates. But that is not all, the houses are completely insulated providing high energy efficiency ratings for both cold and heat.
The roofs of the housing units which are certified for up to 11 stories in height are laden with photovoltaic and solar thermal panels, from a revolutionary Israeli technology, that provide both electricity and hot water, a luxury in houses in general in many countries like Brazil. But the energy sustainability does not end there; the central heating or cooling facility operates by the low CO2 emission burning of biomass pellets which can be produced nearby.
These “houses in-a-box”
which are environmentally friendly provide all the necessary high cleantech materials and are assembled on site generating much needed local employment. The container itself forms part of the unit infrastructure. All the necessary materials are shipped inside a standard container and shipped to the closest port for low cost transportation to the development location. A four man team can construct and have ready for occupancy a building of twelve 60 square meter family units in 30 days, reducing financial strains of the developer.The end user cost of each family unit, depending on the country and final destination can be as little as
24,000€. The housing units not only are permanent and a have an expected lifespan superior to traditional housing in the EU, but can also be completely disassembled and put back into the original container if need. This also makes this application ideal for emergency housing in regions hit by natural disasters.
Why go through all the pain of permitting and subsidizing energy generating plants when the downstream user can be environmentally friendly and contribute the largest cuts in CO2 emissions?
For more information contact Eco-Housing
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