Interesting Reading on Costa Rica

September 17, 2009 | Posted by costaricamodernecoliving

In this week’s interesting reading, we’d like to share two articles that reaffirm Costa Rica’s focus on green building and health care. These pieces echo sentiments expressed in our previous posts, and make an argument for why so many expatriates and foreigners are flocking to Costa Rica.

Costa Rica & Green Building
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On the forefront of sustainable luxury living, Kalia embraces the importance of green building. Though Costa Rica already established a chapter of the Green Building Council, it was just inducted this week into the World Green Building Council. The press release making the announcement discusses Costa Rica’s green building goals, including their push to become the first carbon-neutral country in the world by 2021.

Read the full article here: Costa Rica Joins World Green Building Council

interesting_reading_2 Cutting Edge Costa Rica Healthcare

Costa Rica’s world renowned health care system is getting a boost from private equity investors, who have just injected funding into Pacific Plaza Health and Living (PPHL). PPHL will be a state of the art private healthcare complex located in northern Costa Rica, and is set to include the country’s second CIMA hospital.

CIMA Hospitals are run by the International Hospital Consortium, and aim to provide the best in medical care. Currently, Costa Rica’s San Jose CIMA hospital is known as the best in the country thanks to CIMA’s exacting standards for patient care, physicians and facilities. If San Jose is any indication, the latest CIMA hospital in PPHL will offer another top option for Costa Rica health care.

Read the full article here: Aureos Capital Backs Costa Rican Healthcare Facility