Tuesday, 10 March 2009

Flipflops in Top 20 Eco-Friendly Developments


Flipflops, situated in Bodrum, has been commended in a poll of Top 20 sustainable developments worldwide!

Listed in Homes Overseas Magazine the poll has been independently compiled and reviews the top worlds top 20 'Eco-Friendly' sites.

Contributing to the environment is becoming increasingly important and sometimes when looking for a property extras like this can be hard to come across.

The write up states "Flipflops development philosophy is one of environmental, social and economic sustainability. Taking each in turn, air-tight insulation and passive cooling through optimum orientation and reflective glass to minimise solar heat gain provide excellent thermal conditions. All build materials and furniture is sourced locally and only local labour and contractors are used, which brings social and economic benefits to the community. The development is self funding, which obviates the need for expensive borrowing that is invariably passed onto the buyer."

As the Homes Overseas Green Guide suggests "buying a foreign home is not an inherently green activity, but you can mitigate some of the impacts by buying as sustainable a property as possible". The article also comments "buying a green home could also make good business sense. Not only are green homes cheaper to run so far their capital growth compares with, or sometimes exceeds that of their conventional counterparts."

Visit http://www.flipflops-meltemi.info/ for more information on this outstanding development.