Pikaia Lodge – A luxury sustainable energy respond located in the Galapagos islands features a SunMaxx Solar hot water system to provide hot water to their facilities hot water heating systems.
For more information – visit Pikaia Lodge
Pikaia Lodge – A luxury sustainable energy respond located in the Galapagos islands features a SunMaxx Solar hot water system to provide hot water to their facilities hot water heating systems.
For more information – visit Pikaia Lodge
ENERGY CONSERVATION
The lodge was designed to use the sun efficiently, for natural interior illumination, an optimal placing of solar water heating collector panels and for solar photovoltaic energy production. The lodge is oriented east-west and all social areas and guest rooms face either north or south to prevent the intense Equatorial sun coming in through our large panoramic windows. Passive cooling with cross air ventilation in all rooms and buildings by optimizing convection and natural air flows with a clever windows design.
BUILDING MATERIALS
The lodge was built using the lowest possible quantity of concrete in order to minimize the use of locally mined aggregates and construction waste materials, by using imported pre-fabricated steel columns and beams. Steel is a highly recyclable material and cleaner in the whole construction process; Concrete is not recyclable. Natural Galapagos lava stone and tiles, cut locally by collecting stones by hand on selected sites with the approval of the National Park Service, are used on most floors and walls. Tiles are cleaned with high water pressure alone, without using chemicals or paints.