Energy-saving housing area for local residents

The 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).