Let me first take this opportunity to thank the jury of Propertync Awards for the award! I am personally very proud of this award, as the house was built by my family. Villa Jana is the first and only project of a sustainable eco-house combined with luxury in Northern Cyprus, built by Mr. Nurettin Çatal, Nurlife Construction. The idea was to take advantage of the local natural resources like the sun, wind and water, which is available in Cyprus throughout the year and build a more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient property, using special material for this particular sustainable development.

The 400 sqm villa was built from special Ekobricks, which are Thermal. A 10 kW Photovoltaic (PV) power system on the roof, which was imported from Germany, converts sunlight directly into electricity and produces its own supply of electricity. This residential power system enables us to generate all our daily electrical energy requirement, exchanging daytime excess power for future energy needs. The underfloor heating system throughout the villa uses water from our own water well and is heated by electricity via a heat pump, using free electricity produced from our photovoltaic system. A 12x4 m indoor pool can be heated up to 33 degrees – using free electricity produced from our Photovoltaic system. The house benefits further from a steam bath and jacuzzi and still this villa runs on a zero electricity or water bill!