Breaking ground next week? Cannot come soon enough!

Well to update everyone – things are still with the planning department – apparently we are waiting on just one final signature….. Having just received our monthly power bill from the local utility (PPC) for our current 1,000 sq ft office space of $957  – for the month!!!!  – the new green building with its energy savings and I hope green power is simply common sense!! At 3,500 sq ft and with potentially 15 people inside we could easily be paying over $25,000 a year for electricity alone… So we’ll keep you informed !! Fingers crossed!!  Read More →

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Solar Tubes – what are those?

As we wait for the planning process to ‘grind” its way along ,I thought it would be good to target some of the greenbuild features we have included in the overall design of the building. A big part of why we decided to go green was the wealth of information available AND the willingness of others to share in their experiences and what worked/didn’t work.  Read More →

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No wind turbines for us ;-( maybe??

This is a greenbuild project – perhaps we believe the very first in Turks and Caicos and whilst we have approached this in a holistic “whole building” approach – we received disappointing news last week when our application for wind turbines was turned down by the Turks and Caicos Planning Board…. but why no to sustainable green power??? WHY????  Read More →

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A site visit by the construction team…

A while back – yes I know its been too long between posts – so probably at least a month ago – we got the architect Ron Shaw and Chris Nesbitt and Frank McGurk from the construction company Projetech to have a look over the site. I thought it would also be a good opportunity to start this Turks and Caicos greenbuild documentation by showing some pics of the site too!!  Read More →

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