Energy-saving housing area for local residentsBrief descriptionThe Municipality of Sent, which is dedicated to close-to-nature tourism, is located on a sun terrace in the Lower Engadine. Sent has chosen this project to promote two separate strands: "energy saving" and "building land for local residents". Specifically it is planning a housing area for local residents, with building reserved exclusively for energy-saving homes. Given the proximity to the Scuol tourist resort the price of land is already at around CHF 400.- to 500.- per m2. For local residents who do not have any land of their own this is a high price. With a housing area for local residents the price should be reduced by 10% to 50%. However the municipal authorities want to do more, and with its membership of the "Alliance in the Alps" it has underscored its intention to embrace and follow the course of sustainable development. The houses to be built in this designated area must all be energy-saving homes (with Minergie-P minimum standard). AimsConsolidating Sent as a place for forward-looking local residents, + helping with climate protection (7 to 9 homes with Minergie-P minimum standard), + freeing up building land from market prices for the benefit of local residents and making it available at an affordable price, + promoting Sent as a sunshine resort, + pushing ahead with Sent's sustainable development RealizationThe following activities will be initiated as of summer 2007: InvolvedMunicipal Council, Canton of Grisons Office for Energy and Office for Regional Planning. ProjecttermJanuary 2007 - autumn 2008 Contact person
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