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At Altos Escondidos we are developing Panamas first 100% sustainable Eco Resort and Residences. The community will benefit from electric transportation and organic farming at our 7 hectare learning center where we teach environmental practices such as zero energy water filtration as well as solar and wind power.

Because the ultimate Luxury is giving back....

The Sustainability Revolution is
ECONOMICS ENVIRONMENT SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Now!

"I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . . without having to wait for others to do so." Mohandas K. Gandhi

Its about climate, context and creativity

Dr.Raj Barr-Kumar

BARR ARCHITECTS HAS A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS

10 STEPS TO A SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION:

1.Energy conservation; wind & solar power! 2.Local workers trained for green collar jobs! 3.Seasonal gardens and organic farms! 4.Community center teaches sustainability!

Dr. Raj Barr-Kumar is the

co-developer and design architect for Altos Escondidos. In a career spanning over 30 years, Dr. Barr has served as Managing Principal and Principal in Charge of Design for projects worldwide. Award-winning designs for embassies, medical facilities, hotels, restaurants, office buildings and custom homes have all been rendered in an environmentallysensitive, aesthetically pleasing idiom that is responsive to the surroundings.

1997 national president of the American Institute of Architects, he brings considerable leadership skills and knowledge of current and future directions in architecture and construction. The author of Green Architecture: Strategies for Sustainable Design, he is at the cutting edge of ecologically sound design practices. Dr. Barr has a PhD in environmental design and has taught for over twenty years as a professor of architecture and planning. He has lectured widely at international professional symposia and universities including Harvard, Yale, Virginia Tech, Florida, Catholic and Maryland.

5.Covenants to restore open green spaces! 6.Water collection & zero energy "ltration! 7.Buy local! Build renewable! Recycle! 8.Promote electric transportation in community! 9.Create job opportunities for local businesses! 10.Empower the community for positive change!

Affordable, Clean Energy

PHOTOVOLTAICS wind turbines

Photovoltaic roof shingles are one method of energy cost offset. Most of the Photovoltaic shingles are manufactured with PV shingles. Photovoltaic shingles generally come in dark blue color. Benefits of solar shingles: There are a number of advantages, which can be obtained from the use of the roof shingles. Photovoltaic shingles provide energy efficiency with economy. Homeowners can literally save up to 60% per month on their energy bills. The PV shingles have the same flexibility, durability and protection against the elements that ordinary shingles do. Photovoltaic shingles help in reducing the distribution losses with grid-connected solar panels.

Wind energy is clean. Electricity generated by wind turbines wont dirty the air we breathe or emit pollutants like other energy sourcesthat means less smog, less acid rain and fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Wind energy is cost competitive to other fuel sources (like natural gas) and it is the least expensive of all renewable energy sources.

With prices of traditional fuels soaring, the cost advantages of solar energy are becoming obvious. After installation of the appliance, solar energy is free.

The wind cools us on a summer day# moves our sailboats# $ies our kites and helps grow our gardens! It can also enhance our world%s security# help protect its beauty and improve the quality of air we breathe when used to power our homes and businesses!!!

Altos Escondidos is committed to bringing green collar jobs to Panama. We will hire local workers to assemble and install green technology devices, providing new job training for the future.

Our learning center will also teach sustainable living to the residents and our neighbors in order to empower the community for positive change
Helping human society to prosper in the &'st century requires that we recognize the importance of living in balance with our physical environment and treating each other with dignity and equity!

ORGANIC WINE BAR

ORGANIC FARMING

! We have a responsibility to look a " er our planet # It is our only home#$ The Dalai Lama

Sustainability can be many different things - a motto, an ideal, a way to do business, a way to live your life or a call to action.
(Sustainability is about ensuring that development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs!!!!!)

! There is pleasure in the pathless woods % there is rapture in the lonely shore% there is society where none intrudes % by the deep sea % and music in its roar; I love not Man the less % but Nature more#$

George Gordon Byron

CONTACT US:
USA Office Telephone: +1-646-452-4559 Panama Office Telephone : +507-391-5440

info@altosescondidos.com

www.altosescondidos.com

"Nothing happens unless first a dream." Carl Sandburg