How to live energy-efficiently in your luxury property in Ibiza

As an owner of a property in Ibiza, you do not only attach importance to high-quality furnishings in your villa and comfort features such as a swimming pool, spacious terraces or a well-tended garden. In addition to living comfortably, the focus today is on living as energy-efficiently as possible in order to use valuable resources in a sustainable way. In this article, our real estate agents would like to provide you with relevant information on the topic of energy efficiency and introduce you to various measures you can take to achieve this goal. If you already own a property in Ibiza or are thinking of building or buying a house on the island, you should take into account the tips of our real estate agents in order to save resources efficiently.

Insulation, draught-proofing, solar panels, rainwater storage: these measures contribute to high energy efficiency

The most important measure for the energy efficiency of your home is good insulation and draught-proofing. As temperatures on Ibiza are very mild and humidity is high all year round, the risk of damp damage is high if your house is not well insulated. The heat and very high summer temperatures increase the electricity needed to cool your home. Therefore, when buying a property or building a house in Ibiza, you should ensure low energy consumption and good insulation. In this sense, there are several aspects you can check, because in addition to the roof and drainage, the orientation and design of the house, the nature of the walls, ventilation and insulation, you should also pay attention to thermal bridges, waterproofing, airtightness and double-glazed windows.

To be always pleasantly warm in your Ibiza home and to be able to use electricity in an environmentally friendly way, solar panels and therefore the use of solar energy are a good and sustainable option. Solar energy is converted into heat or electricity by solar panels and is also a free and inexhaustible source of energy. As Ibiza has more than 300 sunny days a year, it can be used very well to save resources. With solar energy, you are opting for an environmentally friendly use of energy, as no greenhouse gases are produced and the environment is not polluted. Another important measure for energy-efficient living in your Ibiza home is to upgrade the boiler or switch to a solar hot water system, because: In Ibiza, as the owner of a new building, you are obliged to implement hot water supply with the help of solar panels. If you have owned your finca or villa for a long time, the boiler must be replaced every ten years.

As the owner of a house with a garden, it is also significant to use it as resource-efficiently as possible and to save energy. Since a well-kept garden requires a lot of water, the real estate agency Engel & Völkers Ibiza recommends the use of a rainwater storage tank, which you can use in summer to water the garden and at the same time save water as a valuable and limited resource. If there are trees in your garden, you will also benefit from the natural air exchange, which can protect your house from mould and mildew. Well-placed trees also provide shade and act as a windbreak. In the next section, read why the right choice of materials also plays an important role when building a house.

Sustainable house construction in Ibiza with environmentally friendly materials

In order to build a house in Ibiza in an environmentally friendly way and to ensure a high level of energy efficiency, the materials required for the construction are of great importance. The real estate agency Engel & Völkers recommends the use of environmentally friendly materials. Avoid building materials such as clay bricks, wood and concrete, which involve the destruction of trees and the extraction of cement to bind sand, gravel and bricks. It is better to opt for alternative, sustainable building materials such as bamboo, rammed earth, hemp concrete panels or reused wood. Find out in advance about the options offered by builders and architects to build your house in Ibiza in an environmentally friendly way. If you cannot do without energy-intensive materials, use them sparingly.

With the real estate agency Engel & Völkers Ibiza you can realise an energy-efficient lifestyle.

Finally, our real estate agents would like to present you with a short list of small but effective measures that will help you to use energy efficiently and to act sustainably:

• Sealing cracks to prevent heat loss
• Using natural sunlight to save light from lamps
• Temperature control
• Turn off lights when they are not needed
• Switch to LED lights to save electricity

Take action now to make your Ibizan home more energy efficient by applying the measures described in this post. Install a solar panel on your home, a rainwater tank in the garden and make sure you have a good insulation and draught proofing system. Contact your local Engel & Völkers real estate agent if you own a property in Ibiza, want to build or buy a house and are interested in sustainable living. We can provide you with more information on the topic of energy efficiency and the accompanying measures.