Green Building in Curaçao

Some Things to Take into Account
 
As environmental awareness grows, people are looking for more sustainable ways of living. The internet is a great source of information, but we have our own specific climate and situation in Curaçao when we want to construct environmentally friendly and sustainable buildings.
 
Landscaping
Trees on the property bring much-needed natural shade, which [...]

Verosol’s Solar Heat and Light Control Window Treatments

Energy-efficient window treatments can lower your utility bills considerably. The heat caused by the sun’s unforgiving rays on your large windows and glass doors not only heats up the room, making your air conditioning unit work double-time, but it can also wreak havoc on your chair upholstery and curtains. People tend to count the energy [...]

Seeing Green?

“Green means Go!” I’m sure my third grade elementary school teacher never suspected that those words would become a hype. Today going green is not only hip, but extremely essential to our efforts to save Money and Mother Earth. You can’t ignore it anymore either, because you are confronted with the need to help save the [...]

Power Play

Before our styling intern, Britt van den Berg, returned to The Netherlands to obtain her degree she completed our ‘Power’ showroom. Basic black combined with white, magenta, chrome and steel. Add just a dash of a very strong color (like turquoise, red, apple green) and keep the rest very simple and fuss-free. That makes a strong and sleek [...]

Tropical Oasis

In June, our showroom here at Solaris Design Center was transformed into a true tropical Oasis like you would typically see in Curacao houses. We had our styling intern from the Netherlands, Britt van den Berg, create this breezy tropical decor as part of her training. Britt managed to create the sun-sand-see ambience successfully even including the free-flowing [...]