Sustainability at Bungalow Pedraforca

Located in the service blocks you will find photovoltaic and thermal solar panels. As you can see in the photograph below, the two blocks on the left correspond to solar thermal panels, with a direct circuit that heats the water tanks for the services. The block on the right are photovoltaic solar panels, thanks to solar radiation, light is transformed into electricity through a photoelectric effect, a material absorbs photons, which are light particles, and is able to deliver electrons, which generate electric current.

It is a type of renewable, inexhaustible and non-polluting energy.

Biomass consists of making use of organic matter as a source of energy, making use of residual wood and helping to maintain forests. It is one of the most economical and efficient renewable energies today.

At the campsite we use wood pellets to run the boiler that heats the water for the services, in case the solar energy is not enough.

The pellet is a compaction of residual wood, mostly sawdust. It has a high calorific value, so it is a very efficient energy. On the other hand, the accommodation houses in the campsite are also supplied with wood from our own trees, when the pruning season comes we store it and have it for the whole winter.

Despite not being in a PEIN area (Plan of areas of natural interest), we use LED bulbs with warm light, in order to produce the least impact and thus avoid the light pollution that deprives us of having a sky clean and at the same time affects more and more the life of the fauna. The lights with motion sensors are therefore the best alternative and it is currently a change that will be applied.

This year, we want a large part of the packaging used for takeaway food and drinks and bags to be biodegradable, that is to say, they do not last years in the environment but become part of the organic matter in a short time.

• Composting
• Recycling
• Sewage treatment plant