Yet this principled approach to construction was lost and projects like those undertaken in Sidi Amor and Beni M’Tir appear to Tunisia today as eco building models. They are the outcomes of a desire to integrate as respectfully as possible, buildings in their environmental surroundings. A goal also pursued through with minimal processing, local resources and energy available.
Sidi Amor, a paradise of the five continents on the outskirts of Tunis
In Sidi Amor, in the suburban zone of Tunis, this is an old field that has slowly been transformed into paradise when the happy owners decide to make it a laboratory for experimentation and enhancement of plant biodiversity from of a flower, the rose. To carry out this project, the Groupement de Développement Agricole (GDA) of Sidi Amor is born.
In addition to bio diversity, eco construction is also a major focus of the project in Sidi Amor. Faced with the lack of resources and driven by the desire to be part of sustainable development, the GDA has built three green buildings; respectively straw, mud brick and block of gypsum powder. All these eco buildings are included in the plant environment. The furniture comes from recycled materials (stone waterfall, marble, wood …). A challenge that has been done by volunteers (students architects and engineers, etc.) assisted by experts and specialized consultants. This convergence of skills, expertise, expertise is also true micro project incubator in a citizen and democratic project. A shared experience with youth; meanwhile the general public that, one day soon will discover in Sidi Amor, an eco village of art and crafts combined with the garden of the five continents.
Beni M’Tir, the “Green Hill Resort” engaged with the five elements.
In Beni Mtir gushes the hottest hot spring in Tunisia (73 ° C). The hot water and wooded landscape Kroumirie in the Tunisian Northwest, are conducive to the development of ecotourism, based on cultural tourism and hydrotherapy.
The project of the hotel complex “Green Hill Resort”, based on the five elements: earth, water, fire, air and metal, is in better control of energy consumption. It also meets the objectives of tourism diversification and regional opening up. The designer and owner has developed a bioclimatic architecture (orientation, condensation habitat, shading, insulation), the use of geothermal energy (heat pumps) and the exploitation of solar energy (electricity, air conditioning). “Green Hill Resort” brings together a hotel, restaurants, a physiotherapy center and a beauty center; thermal units with water from the “Hammam Salhine”. The use of this source of geothermal potential at 73 ° provides the potential for hot water required for operation. The resort also supports recycling as the treatment of wastewater. But beyond the principles of green building, “Green Hill Resort” adds its contribution to the general awareness of renewable energy. An approach that earned the project to get two European awards, namely the 1st prize of MED-ENEC competition in 2006 and the Energy Glob Award in 2008. This allows the Green Hill resort to benefit from the more positive image , technologies respectful of the environment. A demonstration even more compelling, particularly for operators that energy consumption is practically zero.
For more information:
www.sidi-amor.org
www.greenhill-tn.com
{mainvote}
ÙŽAbonnez-vous
