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Over 90% of summer days in Santa Teresa have blue skies and a burning sun. This means that the villa\u2019s solar panels produce an amount of electricity that is more than enough to power the house. Hot water also comes for free, thanks to the solar hot water system installed on the roof (be careful when you open the hot-water tap, the water can come out really hot!).<\/p>\n
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But to make the most out of our green systems, we need our guests to follow two simple but important rules<\/b>:<\/p>\n
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Our villa does not yet have a battery system to accumulate the excess electricity produced during the day (but we are working on it!). The excess production is therefore fed to the grid during the day and withdrawn during the night (yes, fridges run 24h\/day\u2026). This back-and-forth causes inefficiencies that we want to minimize. To help us with that, for example, do the laundry and run the dishwasher during the day (on these two appliances see also below). If you have an electric vehicle that needs a charge, please let us know in advance and, most of all, charge it during the day!<\/p>\n
We have already said that, to the extent possible, your laundry and dishes should be done during the day. But there is more. These appliances use electric energy for two purposes: generate hot water and run their internal mechanics. For the latter, why waste electric energy to warm up water when our solar system already produces hot water in abundance? The solution is in the external thermostat (see picture) that you will find connected to the dishwasher and washing machine(for the dishwater, look under the sink). Instead of feeding cold water that then needs to be warmed up, this eco-friendly system feeds the appliance directly with the solar water at the right temperature! But to do this (and actually, to have the appliance run) there is a small manual step that you need to take care of. First, select on the appliance, as you would always do, the washing program that you desire, paying attention to the water temperature indicated. Second, turn on the external thermostat<\/b> (depending on the model, you either press a button or flip a switch – a light will turn on). Then use the thermostat\u2019s knob to select the same temperature as the one required by your washing program<\/b>. You\u2019re done, super easy!<\/p>\n
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Oh, talking about electric vehicles, villa \u201cil Geco\u201d has a nice electric scooter<\/b> (top speed 75 km\/h). We usually keep it for ourselves when we are at the villa, but we can give it to our guests when we are not there. If you use it, remember to keep the battery charge in the 10-90 percent range <\/b>(to improve the battery life avoid going outside this range) and follow the rule: always charge when the sun shines!<\/b><\/p>\n
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In Santa Teresa, trash is recycled<\/u> <\/strong>and collected door-to-door<\/u><\/strong>.<\/p>\n \n \u201cRecycled\u201d means that you need to sort the trash into six categories: paper, cans & metal, glass, plastic, organic waste, and non-recyclables. Each trash category has its own colored bin (glass and cans & metal share the same gray bin, since they are collected on an alternating weekly schedule – see below).<\/p>\n \n \u201cDoor to door\u201d means that, on the designated collection day, you need to put the right trash bin on the sidewalk by the main entrance gate to the villa (on via Levante). Trash is typically collected between 8 and 9am so, if you are not an early bird, just put it outside the night before. Important<\/u>: if you leave the organic waste bin outside during the night, hang it high up on the fence, as boars roam the streets at night!<\/p>\n \n When we are home, we will put the trash out for you, so you won\u2019t need to worry about the \u201cDoor to door\u201d part, but you will still need to follow the \u201cRecycled\u201d principles in sorting your trash<\/strong>.<\/u><\/p>\n \n The sections below summarize WHERE and HOW to put your trash, and WHEN each type of trash is collected.<\/p>\n \n Tetra Pak containers (for milk, fruit juices, etc.), magazines, newspapers, newspapers, books, notebooks, sheets of paper in general, boxes, cardboard wrappers and cardboard for food (pasta, rice, tuna, etc), boxes and cartons, cardboard egg trays, pizza boxes, paper tablecloths. Do NOT put dirty paper, baking paper, laminated paper, thermal paper (receipts).<\/span><\/p>\n \n WHERE & HOW: Collect the paper and cardboard in the white container.<\/p>\n \n WHEN: Tuesday<\/p>\n \n Boxes and jars for food, (tuna, meat, vegetables, pet food, etc.), aluminum cans, steel or aluminum caps or lids, spray cans, aluminum food trays (not too dirty), aluminum tubes (mayonnaise, creams, etc.), screws, iron wires and small metal materials from domestic maintenance, aluminum foil and kitchen rolls.<\/span><\/p>\n \n WHERE & HOW: Place clean, residue-free<\/u><\/strong>, loose, unpackaged waste in the gray container with the orange lid (this is also used for glass, based on an alternative weekly schedule).<\/p>\n \n WHEN: Every other Thursday, on an alternating weekly schedule with glass.<\/p>\n \n Bottles (unscrew the steel and aluminum caps), glasses, glass jars and bottles, demijohns (glass only), bowls, glass trays, flasks.<\/span><\/p>\n \n WHERE and HOW: Put clean and residue-free waste, loose and without bags in the gray container with the orange lid (this is also used for cans & metal, based on an alternative weekly schedule)<\/p>\n \n WHEN: Every other Thursday, on an alternating weekly schedule with cans & metal.<\/p>\n \n Water bottles, soft drinks, oil, juices, milk, etc., containers for detergents, soaps, various products for household and personal hygiene, transparent boxes, packaging for food in general (sweets, pasta fresh, cured meats, etc.), food trays (egg holders, for ice creams, etc.), bags and general food and non-food packaging, polystyrene, plates and plastic cups.<\/p>\n \n WHERE and HOW: Compress the waste and place it in bulk or inside a semi-transparent plastic bag<\/u><\/strong> in the green containers.<\/p>\n \n WHEN: Friday.<\/p>\n \n Cold and drained food scraps, raw or cooked, coffee grounds, tea filters, chamomile and other infusion drinks, egg shells, shellfish and dried fruit, paper napkins or handkerchiefs, sawdust, absorbent kitchen paper, pet droppings, leaves and flowers.<\/span><\/p>\n \n WHERE and HOW: Use tightly closed compostable bags<\/u><\/strong> (such as those used by grocery stores) and put them in the brown bin.<\/p>\n \n WHEN: Monday, Thursday, Saturday.<\/p>\n \n Throw here all the waste that cannot be sorted and recycled and all the objects that are composed of several non-divisible materials.<\/p>\n \n WHERE and HOW<\/strong>: The use of black bags is prohibited<\/u><\/strong>. 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Glass<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Plastic<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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