Luxury Green Living in Costa Rica

This model home, known as the Lush, features a green landscaped roof and special water features to cool the home, solar energy to regulate the pool’s temperature and a gray water recycling system to water the landscaping.

Rooftop gardens overflowing with lush local vegetation, sprawling modern pied-a-terres and oversized lots are just some of the features in the sexy new wave of luxury green living. What was once considered a frivolous, hippie driven movement has become the preferential way to live – eco-friendly and fabulous; minimal impact on the natural environment paired with maximum comfort and luxury for the home owner.

Green living may have had Spartan beginnings, but the sustainable trend has since reached the upper echelons of society. Luxury green living is a status symbol embraced by eco-conscious celebrities, aristocrats and business moguls who spare no expense or luxury while living a green lifestyle. Celebs with major star power are building and buying green homes including: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rachel McAdams and Daryl Hannah, to name a few. The luxury green living movement is also spreading like wildfire beyond the borders of North America and Europe, taking countries like Costa Rica by storm.

This home is currently under construction in Kalia's Emerald Woods Village in the area of Marbella in Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Renowned for its unspoiled biodiversity, abundant national parks and stunning vistas, the effort to keep Costa Rica’s natural beauty intact has resulted in a number of luxury green living options for natives and foreigners alike. Gorgeous new socially responsible housing developments are popping up across Costa Rica, promising eco-friendly luxury homes, condos and apartments. Many of these Costa Rican luxury green living communities are catering specifically to a discriminating foreign clientele with rich on-site amenities, exclusive gated communities and stunningly modern home designs. Included in these luxury amenities are sprawling golf courses, tennis courts, spas, restaurants and fitness centers that are designed using sustainable, local materials, native plants and built in low density to maintain the natural surroundings. Kalia is lucky to be a green luxury living community  located on Costa Rica’s Pacific Northwest coast. For more info on Kalia’s eco-luxury lifestyle, please visit our main website, kalialiving.com.