GreenScape Environment
Environmental Awareness:
Great care is being taken to implement the most cutting edge environmental friendly designs for the Greenscape. In the designing and construction of GreenScape, great care is being taken to maximize the benefits and eliminate any negative effects on the local environment. The site has been carefully chosen to ensure the Villas are a heaven of tranquility. Set amidst lush tropical gardens and a mango forest flowing down hill on 120,000 m2 of land.
Keeping the trees
The project consists of 5,000 trees. To maintain the green concept and environmental responsibility, the owners of each plot are responsible to keep the number of trees in their plot upright when the house is complete. This means that when you buy a plot which consists of 20 trees inside , you are allowed to cut down trees in order to build your villa but you have to replace them with new trees in the compound (same size), so when the project is completed we will still have 5,000 trees.
Powering a community
GreenScape is Thailand’s first completely solar-powered housing complex. The complex will be built on a plot of 120,000 m2.
The 350 kilowatt project consists of 73 individual photovoltaic systems comprising 1750 units of 200 kw solar modules. The solar modules were customized to fit on the building roofs. Each home will generate ca. 5kW of power. The solar power generated will be used to fulfill electricity needs of the homes, the common area and the facilities, the surplus power will be sent to the public grid. This connection to the public grid gives also the flexibility to the system to buy electricity from the public if needed.
The building-integrated photovoltaic (PV) system would save 0.5 kgs of carbon emissions for every kw hour of solar power produced.
The houses will have both passive solar architecture and active solar energy features. The passive solar features will make houses cool during summer, ensure natural light, and better air circulation inside the house. The active solar energy elements include the solar water heating system. The housing complex will also have other sustainable features like garbage management system, battery operated pick-up vans for residents, solar street lights, individual home water management system etc.
Note worthy features
- A PV ( PhotoVoltaic) Solar system on Grip is included in each plot (minimum 5,000 watt) to minimize or eliminate total the needs of public electricity use
- Hot water thru the air-conditioners heat exchangers will also minimize the use of energy needed.
- Each plot is connected to individual project wells supplying water from own means.
- A special installed irrigation system will minimize and optimize the water feed to the lush gardens.
GreenScape is unique in its style, accentuating a romantic ambience and enjoying a stunning sunset view
The diagram below shows how the system works
A solar photovoltaic (PV) system converts sunlight into electricity. The solar cell was developed approximately half a century ago and is in common use worldwide. A solar module combines multiple cells into a rigid rectangular frame approximately the size of a dinner table. Multiple solar modules are linked together to form an array, and are mounted on a roof, wall, a pole or other structure. An electrical interface delivers electric power to the house’s load center (the electrical panel containing breakers). This inverter converts DC (Direct Current) power to AC (Alternating Current) and delivers it to the house’s load center.
The most common system, the Grid-Tie system, has no batteries and typically no moving parts at all. And for solar panels, a 20- to 25-year manufacturer’s warranty is standard