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The company in green building was born from the desire to be consistent with the concept of environmental sustainability. The farm was builded with principles of natural architecture so in the construction phase was used only natural and ecological materials, available at zero km and able to guarantee a healthy and comfortable environment.
The straw bales was used as bricks constituting the infill of a load-bearing wooden structure that was plastered in raw earth. There is no environmental impact since the coatings are also clay based. The choices that characterize the company are ethical in nature, and are driven by respect for the territory, whosewhose biodiversity the company want to protect, in the wildlife field and vegetational with the cultivation of a vegetable garden dedicated to ancient seeds (from the local artichoke from Mola di Bari, integrating the ancient seeds of some patriarchs of pumpkins and courgettes) and the care of an old orchard.
The goal is to create and to offer educational itineraries, organize conferences, workshops, laboratories, reviews and cultural events aimed at promoting the territory, crafts, local gastronomy, green building, eco-sustainability, aiming at the enhancement of environmental resources.
The company offers outdoors or indoors conference rooms with 50 seating, a reception and parking. The environmental and social impact of each space is mainly linked to the following factors:
- about geographical location: nearest airport is in Bari (Italy) and it is 32 km from the company, public transport is a quick way to get from Bari Airport to the other apulian cities centre. On site there is path for pedestrians and cyclists, landscape and view;
- about energy performance of buildings: heating and air conditioning, thermal insulation, adapted size of room, natural lighting, renewable energy, efficient equipment;
- comfort and facilities: low noise pollution, air renewal, waste sorting, presence of plants, biodiversity, compliance with safety regulations and fire, audio and video conferencing technologies as well as high-speed Wi-Fi;
- about accessibility for all: facilities and equipment adapted to people with motor disabilities;
- staff teams: presence of an internal welcome committee that introduce internal services and solves for all needs.
All these features make the place the ideal solution for both tourists and business needs.
The company is looking for commercial partners. The type of partnership considered is commercial agency agreement. It should be based on a fiduciary partnership where the agent represents at the best the company services. The ideal partner is an agent able to promote the company not only as a tourist destination but also as a business travel solution.

Advantages & innovations

This farm in green building was buit with materials full of quality. The materials used for construction are: insulating, sound absorbing, healthy. In particular in the case of wood the comany has a certification from ethical environmental sustainability (FSC or PEFC). This company hosts events properly organized and managed, through different logical steps of the events management. It looks towards the economic impact (through the offer a lot of meeting planner services) and the environmental impact of events, but in order to minimize this impact the company, for instance, uses eco-friendly bikes to move its visitors to retain the more natural look of vistas.

Stage of development

Already on the market

Partner sought

Commercial agency agreement with partners with high knowledge in sustainable environment and event organisation. Required fluent English and a good capacity of clients management. The company is looking for agents, they would be able to promote the company not only as a tourist destination but also as a business travel solution The Italian company wishes to expand the market for its services by identifying new international business partners.