Barefoot Enviornment

Barefoot & The Enviornment

Taking only blissful tropical days and lifelong memories, and leaving only footprints, Barefoot and its members are aware of the complex web of interdependent life forms with which we share the planet, and every step taken is to assure that an equally pristine tropical experience may be enjoyed by our children.

Dolphin Bay and its environs, particularly Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park are complex and fragile ecosystems, and Barefoot's mode of construction and land use were designed to protect them. We choose to minimize the use of concrete and steel, safely treat water and waste, and design elevated homes for natural cross wind ventilation and to minimize ground disruption. Keeping Carbon footprints to a minimum, our choice of materials for our luxury teak Villas and structures are acquired from renewable sources in Thailand allowing us to make great contributions to the environment

Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villas are of teakwood from a renewable source, rather than masonry, the process and transportation of which are a notorious overproducers of carbon dioxide.

Central to the Barefoot concept is the fact that Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villas are designed to be comfortable without imposing upon the natural beauty that surrounds them. The permanent foundations insure that Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villa is secure on its site but it is attached by footings that allow it to be removed at any time.

The construction and furnishing of the Club reflect an overall respect for the environment. Our electric cables are underground, for example. Another small, but symbolic feature is that practically all light bulbs supplied to Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villas will be fluorescent, much lower in energy use and longer-lasting. Perhaps more importantly, our Barefoot Teak Pool Villas are of quality wood, rather than the typical masonry houses seen in developments, and raised off the ground to minimize the need for air conditioning.

Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villas at the Club were specifically chosen by the Barefoot design team to include Balinese two-tiered roof styling, allowing cool breezes to drift in from the bay. This adds to the light and airy feeling in your home.

Low energy-use appliances, including air conditioners, are standard in our Barefoot Teak Pool Villas.

We provide other environment-friendly features, as well:

Ozonated water, not chemicals, in the hot tubs.
Salt water pool, reducing chlorination to an absolute minimum.
Ceiling fans, replacing the need to turn on air conditioning
at most times in Dolphin Bay’s breezy climate.
Use of recycled products, even the paper in this brochure,
for example.
Recycling bins for waste.
Use of showers, not baths, in Your Barefoot Teak Pool Villas.
State-of-the-art step-down transformers for maximum energy
saving.