{"id":243144,"date":"2024-01-12T20:02:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T20:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/netherlands-ecovillage-boekel-is-a-model-for-sustainable-living-natural-building-blog\/"},"modified":"2024-01-12T22:59:00","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T22:59:00","slug":"netherlands-ecovillage-boekel-is-a-model-for-sustainable-living-natural-building-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/netherlands-ecovillage-boekel-is-a-model-for-sustainable-living-natural-building-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands\u2019 Ecovillage Boekel is a Model for Sustainable Living \u2013 Natural Building Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"
From the sky, the Netherlands\u2019 Ecovillage Boekel looks like a flower house. It is an almost self-sufficient housing community that was voted the most sustainable organization in the Netherlands in 2021. This project offers concrete solutions for social, economic, and cultural regeneration.<\/p>\n
The Ecovillage is made up of 36 pioneering sustainable flats where 48 adults live. The climate-positive round buildings retain 800 tons of C02.\u00a0\u00a0The houses are built with bio-sustainable materials such as wood and hemp. The project is supported by a number of government agencies that want to advance sustainable life.<\/p>\n
Boekel is a testing ground for many innovations, such as the C\u00e9sar heating system, which stores the energy produced by the ecovillage\u2019s 600 solar panels. The storage unit will reach a temperature of 450 degrees C. (842 degrees F.) and then the heat is provided for the floor…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n