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Amble Resorts is making passive cooling an initiative for its newest project, the Resort at Isla Palenque in Panama. Amble has partnered with 4240 Architecture Inc. and site-planning firm Design Workshop to minimize the resort's energy needs. The two firms are drawing up plans to incorporate a variety of passive cooling techniques, including shading buildings' surfaces to reduce solar gain and providing openings that encourage wind movement through the structures.
"We are producing a luxury product, and air conditioning will be available in every hotel room and home," says Amble Resorts president Ben Loomis. "But designing conditions to minimize energy consumption also creates a superior guest experience—one in which hotel guests and homeowners can better enjoy their tropical surroundings and get in tune with the natural rhythms of the island while also reducing their environmental impact."
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New Panama Property Designed with Passive Cooling in Mind
Aug 17, 2009Amble Resorts is making passive cooling an initiative for its newest project, the Resort at Isla Palenque in Panama. Amble has partnered with 4240 Architecture Inc. and site-planning firm Design Workshop to minimize the resort's energy needs. The two firms are drawing up plans to incorporate a variety of passive cooling techniques, including shading buildings' surfaces to reduce solar gain and providing openings that encourage wind movement through the structures.
"We are producing a luxury product, and air conditioning will be available in every hotel room and home," says Amble Resorts president Ben Loomis. "But designing conditions to minimize energy consumption also creates a superior guest experience—one in which hotel guests and homeowners can better enjoy their tropical surroundings and get in tune with the natural rhythms of the island while also reducing their environmental impact."
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