Posidonia and sustainable housing in Formentera | B2
Discover how fourteen social homes in Formentera used dried Posidonia and local materials to reduce resource use.
Posidonia seca sobre catorce viviendas de Formentera
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What you'll learn
Vocabulary for sustainable housing, insulation, reused materials and consumption assessment.
The text presents LIFE Reusing Posidonia, its fourteen public homes in Formentera, the materials used and the consumption results published by CINEA.
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En lugar de emplear un aislamiento petroquímico convencional
newinstead of using conventional petrochemical insulation
En lugar de introduces an alternative that was not chosen.
Useful for contrasting materials or methods.
Según el balance publicado
newaccording to the published report
Según attributes information to a named source.
Useful for reporting data with clear attribution.
De este modo
newin this way
De este modo introduces a result or explains how something was achieved.
Useful for connecting a method with its outcome.
a escala de un edificio real
newat the scale of a real building
A escala de indicates the size or level at which something is tested or observed.
Useful for distinguishing a prototype from a small sample.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
Publicly protected housing
viviendas de protección pública
publicly protected housing units
Viviendas de protección pública are homes developed under a public affordable-housing framework.
Useful for discussing housing policy.
Ecological footprint
huella ecológica
ecological footprint
Huella ecológica refers to the environmental pressure associated with an activity or product.
Useful for discussing environmental impact.
Thermal insulation
aislamiento térmico
thermal insulation
Aislamiento térmico is material or a system that slows heat transfer.
Essential for understanding energy-efficient buildings.
Reused pallets
palés reutilizados
reused pallets
Palés reutilizados are shipping platforms used again for a new purpose.
Useful for discussing material reuse.
Marès sandstone
piedra de marès
marès sandstone
Piedra de marès is a local sandstone traditionally used in Balearic construction.
Useful for identifying a regional building material.
Acoustic insulation
aislamiento acústico
acoustic insulation
Aislamiento acústico reduces the transmission of sound between spaces.
Useful for describing indoor comfort.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Passive se
En la cubierta se colocaron dieciséis centímetros de este material, compactado dentro de palés reutilizados.
Sixteen centimetres of this material were placed in the roof.
Se colocaron forms a reflexive passive construction that focuses on what was placed.
Useful for describing construction processes without naming the worker.
Al plus infinitive
Al priorizar recursos reutilizados o de origen cercano, el proyecto buscaba reducir el impacto de la fase de construcción.
By prioritising reused or nearby resources, the project sought to reduce construction impact.
Al plus infinitive presents the circumstance or method of the main action.
Useful for linking a design choice to an aim.
Not only, but also
El proyecto combinó no solo el uso de la planta marina como aislante, sino también la vivienda social, los conocimientos tradicionales y la reducción de recursos.
The project combined not only the use of the marine plant as insulation, but also social housing and traditional knowledge.
No solo..., sino también... adds a second element while emphasizing both.
Useful for presenting two important aspects together.
Past obligation and possibility
El conjunto debía demostrar que una vivienda colectiva podía unir técnicas tradicionales, recursos locales y objetivos climáticos.
The complex had to demonstrate that collective housing could unite traditional techniques, local resources and climate goals.
Debía presents a past requirement, while podía presents a possibility.
Useful for explaining the purpose of a completed project.
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