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This eco-friendly Maldives resort uses solar panels as a design feature
POSTED 02 Aug 2016 . BY Kim Megson
Developer Crown & Champa Resorts claims that the Hurawalhi Island Resort will 'put as much back into its surroundings as it takes out.' Credit: Crown & Champa Resorts
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The developers of a luxury island resort opening this year the Maldives have claimed it will be one of the most eco-conscious ever created in South Asia – with thousands of solar panels used as a design feature.
Developer Crown & Champa Resorts claims that the Hurawalhi Island Resort will “put as much back into its surroundings as it takes out.”
New York architect Yuji Yamazaki has created a futuristic, contemporary collection of villas and resort facilities, located on stilts over the water, by using 4,243sq m of solar panels – equivalent to 26 volleyball courts.
Sixty per cent of the resort will be powered by solar energy. Other green initiatives include access to a local water bottling plant to reduce plastic consumption; food and water recycling facilities; a collection of greenhouses, fertilised by food waste, to produce organic produce for guests; a desalination system which filters sea-water and turns it into clean water for drinking and cooking, and supplies rainfall showers in the resort’s villas.
“In a fragile environment like the Maldives, eco-conscious operations should be the norm,” said the developer in a statement, “It’s possible to care for the environment without sacrificing elegance, luxury and a highly personalised approach to service.
“We want to focus on three areas: healthy people, healthy planet and healthy local communities.”
The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover
and profits restored to pre-2020 levels in 2023, according to its year-end results.
While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health
inequalities remain with the same groups missing out, according to Sport
England’s latest Active Lives Adults Report.
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Saudi Arabia, following the launch of the inaugural Siro property in Dubai this February.
Nuffield Health’s fourth annual survey, the Healthier Nation Index, has found people moved
slightly more in 2023 than 2022, but almost 75 per cent are still not meeting WHO guidelines.
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This eco-friendly Maldives resort uses solar panels as a design feature
POSTED 02 Aug 2016 . BY Kim Megson
Developer Crown & Champa Resorts claims that the Hurawalhi Island Resort will 'put as much back into its surroundings as it takes out.' Credit: Crown & Champa Resorts
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The developers of a luxury island resort opening this year the Maldives have claimed it will be one of the most eco-conscious ever created in South Asia – with thousands of solar panels used as a design feature.
Developer Crown & Champa Resorts claims that the Hurawalhi Island Resort will “put as much back into its surroundings as it takes out.”
New York architect Yuji Yamazaki has created a futuristic, contemporary collection of villas and resort facilities, located on stilts over the water, by using 4,243sq m of solar panels – equivalent to 26 volleyball courts.
Sixty per cent of the resort will be powered by solar energy. Other green initiatives include access to a local water bottling plant to reduce plastic consumption; food and water recycling facilities; a collection of greenhouses, fertilised by food waste, to produce organic produce for guests; a desalination system which filters sea-water and turns it into clean water for drinking and cooking, and supplies rainfall showers in the resort’s villas.
“In a fragile environment like the Maldives, eco-conscious operations should be the norm,” said the developer in a statement, “It’s possible to care for the environment without sacrificing elegance, luxury and a highly personalised approach to service.
“We want to focus on three areas: healthy people, healthy planet and healthy local communities.”
The Bannatyne Group says it has officially bounced back from the pandemic, with both turnover
and profits restored to pre-2020 levels in 2023, according to its year-end results.
While British adults are the most active they’ve been in a decade, health
inequalities remain with the same groups missing out, according to Sport
England’s latest Active Lives Adults Report.
Kerzner International has signed deals to operate two new Siro recovery hotels in Mexico and
Saudi Arabia, following the launch of the inaugural Siro property in Dubai this February.
Nuffield Health’s fourth annual survey, the Healthier Nation Index, has found people moved
slightly more in 2023 than 2022, but almost 75 per cent are still not meeting WHO guidelines.
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with a record-breaking revenue of US$21.3 billion in 2023, surpassing the previous high of
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design, where close collaboration with customers and their designers is always of the utmost
importance. [more...]
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