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August 2019

Eco house with biological pool

2019-08-01T11:08:00+01:00

As part of the course in civil construction at Gustave Eiffel Professional School in Lisbon, this model of an eco-house was born. The author of the work, Tomás Couto, is a student of this professional school and focused on his work to show the most sustainable and ecological practices. Because "thinking green is thinking [...]

Eco house with biological pool2019-08-01T11:08:00+01:00

Award in Canada

2019-08-01T11:07:45+01:00

The public biological pool at Borden Park in Edmonton, Canada recently received the prestigious award for architectural innovation from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. Congratulations to our colleagues and friends of the company Polyplan, GmbH in Germany, who designed this public pool with biological treatment. The architects of the gh3 company, Toronto, supervised [...]

Award in Canada2019-08-01T11:07:45+01:00

June 2019

Take a shower!

2019-06-30T11:36:54+01:00

Taking showers before taking a bath in the pool is absolutely necessary. Whoever refuses to use the shower before entering the pool contributes significantly to the contamination of the water and the consequences of hygiene problems. Based on information from an article in the Science section of the German magazine DER SPIEGEL, a non-negligible [...]

Take a shower!2019-06-30T11:36:54+01:00

Nature-based solution

2019-06-30T11:36:18+01:00

We are proud to announce that IUCN is considering natural swimming ponds as Nature-based solution. The International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN is a membership Union uniquely composed of both government and civil society organisations. It provides public, private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic development [...]

Nature-based solution2019-06-30T11:36:18+01:00

PB.15.000

2019-06-30T11:35:51+01:00

Already know that a natural swimming pool can cost less than a conventional pool with tiles and machine house? Our only pre-configured biological pool is called PB.15.000 and has a total area of ​​about 130 m2 with a bathing area of ​​approximately 45 m2. It costs only 15,000 Euro plus VAT, all inclusive, minus [...]

PB.15.0002019-06-30T11:35:51+01:00

Chão do Rio winner of AHRESP awards

2019-06-01T17:09:38+01:00

Chão do Rio – village tourism with swimming pond - was winner in the Environmental Sustainability category of the 2019 AHRESP awards. AHRESP, Associação da Hotelaria, Restauração e Similares de Portugal, is the portuguese association of hotels and restaurants. When she took the stage to receive the distinction, the entrepreneur Catarina Vieira took the [...]

Chão do Rio winner of AHRESP awards2019-06-01T17:09:38+01:00

Project against invasive aquatic species

2019-06-01T17:09:04+01:00

The costs for the European society are striking: € 12 billions in damage caused annually by invasive species to the European Union, not counting damage to biodiversity. The Life Invasaqua project, launched last month, aims to raise awareness of the problems caused by invasive species in rivers and reservoirs in Spain and Portugal. It is [...]

Project against invasive aquatic species2019-06-01T17:09:04+01:00

Fleas in the swimming pond

2019-06-01T17:08:48+01:00

Do you know the water fleas? You know they live in biological pools? But no one has ever been stung because these small aquatic crustaceans have no organ to sting. There are about 650 species described in the world and the vast majority have sizes between 0.2 and 6 mm. They live especially in [...]

Fleas in the swimming pond2019-06-01T17:08:48+01:00

May 2019

Simply sublime

2019-05-01T09:34:08+01:00

Ready for the first dives is the biggest biological pool in the country? With its 1,805 m2 water plan and a configuration never seen before, it creates an unmistakable setting for the 9 tourist houses with exclusive access to 9 private biological pools set in a large plant area. All of them belong to [...]

Simply sublime2019-05-01T09:34:08+01:00

Quinta do Conde studies construction of a public swimming pond

2019-05-31T20:13:31+01:00

The feasibility of a biological pool for public use in the area of ​​the Várzea Park, is a subject of study and attention of the heads of the parish of Quinta do Conde. A biological pool can be an anchor project not only for Quinta da Conde but also for the whole region. It [...]

Quinta do Conde studies construction of a public swimming pond2019-05-31T20:13:31+01:00
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