Altos Escondidos - Panama\'s Premier Eco-luxury resort community which straddles the continental divide with the views of Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This development will consist of 75 Eco Luxury residences, 16 unit boutique hotel with rooms cascading down the Atlantic down the Pacific. Holistic Spa, for your body, mind and soul, Organic wine bar and a gourmet restaurant. Altos Escondidos -- natural luxury for body, mind and soul while living in harmony with the Earth ... your neighbors ... and living in bliss with yourself.

1. At Altos Escondidos we are developing Panama’s first
100% sustainable Eco Resort and Residences. The
community will benefit from electric transportation and
organic farming at our 7 hectare learning center where
we teach environmental practices such as zero energy
water filtration as well as solar and wind power.
“Because the ultimate Luxury is giving back....”
The • ECONOMICS
Sustainability • ENVIRONMENT
Revolution is • SOCIAL
Now! RESPONSIBILITY
"I believe it to be perfectly possible for an individual to adopt the way of life of the future. . .
without having to wait for others to do so."
Mohandas K. Gandhi

2. BARR ARCHITECTS
“It’s about climate, context and creativity” HAS A PROVEN RECORD OF SUCCESS
Dr.Raj Barr-Kumar
10 STEPS TO A
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTION:
1.Energy conservation; wind & solar power.
2.Local workers trained for green collar jobs.
3.Seasonal gardens and organic farms.
4.Community center teaches sustainability.
Dr. Raj Barr-Kumar is the 1997 national president of the 5.Covenants to restore open green spaces.
American Institute of Architects, he
co-developer and design architect brings considerable leadership skills
for Altos Escondidos. and knowledge of current and
future directions in architecture and
6.Water collection & zero energy filtration.
In a career spanning over 30 construction. The author of “Green
years, Dr. Barr has served as Architecture: Strategies for
Managing Principal and Principal in Sustainable Design”, he is at the 7.Buy local. Build renewable. Recycle.
Charge of Design for projects world- cutting edge of ecologically sound
wide. design practices.
Award-winning designs for
8.Promote electric transportation in
Dr. Barr has a PhD in
embassies, medical facilities, hotels, environmental design and has community.
restaurants, office buildings and taught for over twenty years as a
custom homes have all been professor of architecture and
rendered in an environmentally-
sensitive, aesthetically pleasing idiom
planning. He has lectured widely at 9.Create job opportunities for local
international professional symposia
that is responsive to the surroundings. and universities including Harvard, businesses.
Yale, Virginia Tech, Florida, Catholic
and Maryland.
10.Empower the community for positive
change.

3. Affordable, Clean Energy
PHOTOVOLTAICS
wind turbines
• Wind energy is
Photovoltaic roof shingles are one method of
clean.
energy cost offset.
• Electricity
Most of the Photovoltaic shingles are generated by wind
manufactured with PV shingles. Photovoltaic turbines won’t dirty
shingles generally come in dark blue color. the air we breathe
or emit pollutants
Benefits of solar shingles: like other energy
There are a number of advantages, which can sources—that
be obtained from the use of the roof shingles. means less smog,
less acid rain and
• Photovoltaic shingles provide energy
fewer greenhouse
efficiency with economy. gas emissions.
• Homeowners can literally save up to 60%
per month on their energy bills. • Wind energy is cost
• The PV shingles have the same flexibility, competitive to other
durability and protection against the fuel sources (like
elements that ordinary shingles do. natural gas) and it is
• Photovoltaic shingles help in reducing the the least expensive
of all renewable
distribution losses with grid-connected
energy sources.
solar panels.
The wind cools us on a summer day, moves our sailboats, flies
With prices of traditional fuels soaring, the cost our kites and helps grow our gardens. It can also enhance our
advantages of solar energy are becoming obvious. world’s security, help protect its beauty and improve the
After installation of the appliance, solar energy is free. quality of air we breathe when used to power our homes and
businesses...

4. • Altos Escondidos is committed to bringing green collar jobs to Panama. We will hire local workers
to assemble and install green technology devices, providing new job training for the future.
• Our learning center will also teach sustainable living to the residents and our neighbors in order to
empower the community for positive change
Helping human society to prosper in the 21st century requires that we recognize the importance of living
in balance with our physical environment and treating each other with dignity and equity.
ORGANIC WINE BAR ORGANIC FARMING
“ We have a responsibility to look a"er
our planet. It is our only home.”
The Dalai Lama

5. Sustainability can be many different
things - a motto, an ideal, a way to do
business, a way to live your life or a call
to action.
“Sustainability is about ensuring that development meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.....”
“ There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely
shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in
its roar; I love not Man the less, but Nature more.”
George Gordon Byron

6. CONTACT US:
USA Office Telephone: +1-646-452-4559
Panama Office Telephone : +507-391-5440
info@altosescondidos.com
"Nothing happens unless first a dream."
www.altosescondidos.com
Carl Sandburg