The list of ecologically clean materials and the way to choose them, which Mrs. Poulyanaki prepared, is useful and easy to remember:

The ecologically clean materials for thermo-insulating ensure high air quality in the inside of a building. They are harmless for our health and environment. Such materials are: 1. Earth materials: bricks, stone, ceramics, clay. 2. Plant and animal materials: wood, cork, plant glues and varnishes.

What a consumer needs to know when choosing materials for thermo-insulation is where the natural materials are produced – whether they are harmful for the health and whether they can be recycled.

Benefits of bioclimatic planning

There three benefits: for the environment - decreasing the pollution and limiting the Greenhouse effect; economic - lowering fuel, heating, cooling and lighting consumption; and social – improving the quality of life. In general saving energy can reach 50-70% if bioclimatic planning is applied on new buildings.

Films screened on “Eco week 2009”:

-      “An inconvenient truth” (97’) – main actor is the Nobel prize winner Al Gore, who speaks of the temperature increase on Earth and of climate changes. Director: Davis Guggenheim

-      “11^th hour” (92’) – Documentary with Leonardo di Caprio, who is also the narrator of the film, in which 50 scientists and experts tell their opinion on the environmental topic.

-      “Last call for planet Earth” (70’) – Documentary by Jack Alard with 12 architects from all over the world, who speak about a more ecological construction.

-      “Element” (each element 5’) – short films about some exceptional young people, who deal with the challenges of climate changes. Distributed by MTV.