Proposal in preparation
ECO-MONITOR · Erasmus+
Training environmental monitoring technicians in Latin America. Coordinated by Politeknika Txorierri; ODBT would be the Living Lab and training site in Costa Rica.
Living Lab · Montes de Oro, Costa Rica
Where the forest and technology work together.
We are ODBT, a Costa Rican company in the mountains of Montes de Oro. We look after our forest and measure it with digital tools, share what we learn, and train the people who will care for tomorrow's ecosystems.
What we do
One place, four ways to make a difference
Our site in Tajo Alto combines forest, accommodation, a meeting room and its own digital system. We use it to learn, to teach and to bring people together.
We measure the forest
A full year of data on energy, water, visitors and connectivity, with the source of every figure.
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We train people
We are designing a new technical profile: people who look after forests and water with sensors and data.
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We bring people together
A room for approximately 100 people with accommodation and food on site, for workshops, meetings and study visits.
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We connect Europe and Latin America
We take part in cooperation projects with European vocational training centres and partners in the region.
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Where we are going
- 2027
ECO-MONITOR under way
A European cooperation project to train environmental monitoring technicians in Latin America, coordinated by Politeknika Txorierri.
- 2028
A recognised programme
Our training programme accredited by INA, Costa Rica's National Training Institute.
- 2030
A regional institute
Living Labs in two countries, sharing one method and open data.
These are goals, not results. We will report our progress openly.
Our goal is to become a bridge between Europe and Latin America: a cooperation hub where local strategies align with European Union projects, creating real impact for people and ecosystems.
The people behind ODBT
We are a small team rooted in Tajo Alto: four people, three of them women, who run the site every day. Our founder trained as a forestry technician in Poland, studied international relations and now also coordinates the International Relations Commission of the Tajo Alto Integral Development Association.
Meet the team and our dataLiving Lab Tajo Alto
Our forest is our laboratory
On 4,810 m², more than half of it forest, we measure what happens every day: energy, water, waste, connectivity and visitors. We publish each figure with where it comes from, so anyone can check it.
- 12 monthsof data, September 2025 to August 2026
- 9 topicsmeasured, from energy and water to connectivity
- 59%of the data backed by a meter reading or an invoice
See the details: figures, method and instruments
The baseline in figures
- 108baseline cells: 9 domains × 12 closed monthsSep 2025 → Aug 2026
- 59%of cells with measured or billed provenance; only one empty cellcut-off 22 Sep 2026
- 52.2–90.9%monthly occupancy: lowest in June, highest in Januaryhotel PMS · measured
- 16.3–26.7kWh of electricity per occupied night, by monthelectronic invoices · billed
- 22.2 msmedian satellite latency; 99.96% in service with a single 26-second outagefirst 77 samples · 17 Aug 2026
- 13.2%of the sky obstructed by the canopy: a forest measurement made by a machineStarlink antenna API
What we measure, and how sure we are
| Domain | Source | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Occupancy | Hotel PMS (Octorate): 1,841 confirmed bookings out of 2,320 records since March 2025 | Closed · measured |
| Energy · main service | ICE meter and electronic invoices (Hacienda XML) | Billed |
| Energy · small service | Separate ICE service and meter | Billed |
| Solar generation | 2.96 kWp, registered for Distributed Generation with ICE since 1 Dec 2019; monthly series not yet downloaded | Verifiable |
| Water | Water meter; billing review in progress with the operator | Under review · declared |
| Waste | Commercial rate; eight separated streams, six with an assigned fraction. Never weighed | Estimated · declared |
| Connectivity | Two Starlink antennas; local API read every 10 minutes and replicated to the database | Closed · billed |
| Social and labour | Social-security payroll (CCSS) | In verification |
| Commercial and channels | Booking.com, Airbnb and the channel manager | Partial · billed |
- Measured: our own instrument
- Billed: a third party's receipt
- Declared: no reading backs it
- Verifiable: exists, not yet digitised
- No data: empty, with its cause
How we measure
- Weakest-link rule. A composite indicator inherits the lowest provenance of its parts, never the highest. Billed kWh divided by measured nights is published as billed.
- Reproducible. The occupancy denominator is recalculated from the raw booking-system export with a script delivered with the data. You do not have to believe the figure; you can reproduce it.
- Cross-checked. Twelve electricity receipts parsed twice, independently, match to the colón.
- Standards. Aligned with UN Tourism's SF-MST framework (2024) and the 11 core areas of INSTO; provenance mappable to W3C PROV-O, catalogue in DCAT 3, FAIR principle R1.2.
Instruments and systems in use
- Two Starlink satellite antennas; the Starlink Mini is read through its local API every 10 minutes (one sample per second) and replicated to a cloud database.
- ICE electricity meters and a 2.96 kWp photovoltaic system; induction cooking and photovoltaic water heating.
- Hotel PMS, CRM and an orchestration layer of 44 workflows (37 active) connected by API.
- Lia, our AI service agent in production: 30,000+ messages answered with a 22-second mean reply time; it quotes, reads payment receipts and creates bookings without human intervention.
- A drone for aerial imagery of the site and its forest.
Open data
- Territorio medido: the full data page (in Spanish)
- Cell-by-cell evidence board (in Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Live data: the connectivity series updates every 10 minutes in our database; it has gaps until the logger moves from a laptop to a fixed machine on site. A public live feed is in preparation.
Conference & Meeting Centre
A place to meet, learn and stay
Our meeting room has capacity for approximately 100 people, with a projector, professional sound and wireless microphones, and with accommodation, food and nature a few steps away: ideal for workshops, courses and gatherings that last several days.
- Training courses
- Workshops
- Institutional round tables
- Study visits
- International meetings
- Live streaming
See the details: capacity, equipment and accommodation
- Capacity for approximately 100 people.
- Room with a multimedia area and satellite connectivity for live streaming to partners abroad.
- Equipment: projector, Sony conference sound system, mixer with connections for all kinds of devices, 2 wireless microphones and solar backup power.
- Accommodation and food on site: 3 domes, 2 apartments and 1 room.
- Low-impact operation: solar distributed generation since 2019 and induction cooking.
Training
A new profession for the forest
Being designed
Together with European vocational training partners, we are designing the profile of the digital environmental monitoring technician: someone who looks after forests and water with sensors, connectivity and data. Tourism is one of its career paths.
Learning on a real site
Students work with the forest and the data of a site in operation, not with a simulation.
Work placements
We offer our site for the 320-hour work placement that Costa Rica's technical secondary diplomas require.
Training for trainers
Teaching teams can stay on site for courses of several days.
See the details: partners and how it works
- Coordination. Politeknika Txorierri, a vocational training centre in the Basque Country (Spain), coordinates the ECO-MONITOR proposal for the Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Vocational Education and Training (CB-VET) call for Latin America.
- Placements. The 320-hour practice module is part of the secondary technical diplomas of Costa Rica's Ministry of Public Education (MEP).
- Group size. The meeting room, with capacity for approximately 100 people, hosts full teaching teams and multi-day courses.
- Teaching material. The 12-month baseline, its receipts and the connectivity series.
Partners and projects
Let's build projects together
We are registered on the European Union's funding portal and ready to join consortia. We only name a partner once it has confirmed in writing.
EU participant code (PIC)869765924
Observatorio Domos Bosque Tropical SRL · SME · Miramar, Puntarenas, Costa Rica.
Check it on the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (opens in a new tab)
Projects
Accepted · 5–9 Oct 2026
Bosque Vivo 5G
Our idea at the Central American 5G Innovation Hackathon: listening to the forest with sound sensors and artificial intelligence.
In production
Lia · AI assistant
Our own AI assistant serves visitors on WhatsApp, Messenger and email, and handles bookings without human help.
In preparation
More partners in Costa Rica and Honduras
Public institutions, vocational training providers and conservation organisations. Their names will appear here once they confirm.
How we can take part
Living Lab
A real site where ideas are tested and measured.
Training venue
Meeting room, accommodation and connectivity in one place.
Work placements
Placements and study visits on a working site.
Data partner
A year of data with the source of every figure.
Partner in Costa Rica
As a beneficiary or an associated partner.
Download our profile
See the details for EU programmes
- Fit with Global Gateway. Our work matches the priorities for Costa Rica (digital: 5G and AI) and for Central America (ecosystem-based adaptation).
- Data. Baseline with declared provenance and reproducible scripts, mappable to PROV-O and DCAT 3.
- Venue. Capacity for approximately 100 people, accommodation and food on site, and satellite connectivity for streaming.
- Bosque Vivo 5G. Accepted to the hackathon in Group 6: bioacoustics at the edge, IoT sensors and AI, built on the Living Lab's baseline.
About us · Transparency
Clear data, open doors
Everything you need to know who we are and to check what we say. Where there is no data yet, we say so.
- Legal ID3-102-869493
- EU PIC869765924
- Founded2023
- Permits in force until2028
See the details: legal data, team and governance
Legal data
- Legal name
- Observatorio Domos Bosque Tropical S.R.L.
- Legal ID (cédula jurídica)
- 3-102-869493
- Incorporated
- 1 February 2023, National Registry of Costa Rica
- Type
- Private company · SME
- EU PIC
- 869765924
- Legal representative
- Wladyslaw Labuda
- Address
- Tajo Alto, Calle Pavones, 800 m a mano derecha, Hospedaje El Mirador, Miramar, Montes de Oro, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
- Permits
- Operating permit, sanitary permit and municipal business licence in force; Sanitary Operating Permit PSF-0145-2023 valid until 24 January 2028
Team
Wladyslaw (Wlady) Labuda, founder, CEO and legal representative
- 2007Forestry technician (vocational secondary), Technikum Leśne, Warcino (Poland)
- 2010BA in International Relations, specialisation in European Regionalism, Kazimierz Wielki University, Bydgoszcz
- 2017Postgraduate internship (Feb–May), Consulate General of Poland in New York, Department of Public Diplomacy and Cooperation with the Polish Diaspora
- 2023Researcher & Market Consultant Analyst, energy efficiency in hospitality, Deutsche Energie Audit und Optimierungs GmbH
- 2025Coordinator of the International Relations Commission, Tajo Alto Integral Development Association
Four employees, three of them women (October 2026).
Governance and reporting
Pending
Advisory board
Not yet constituted. Its members and rules will be published here when it exists.
Pending
Annual report
Not yet published.
Public
Data methodology and sources
Public: provenance grade per cell, cut-off dates and receipts. How we measure
In force
Privacy
No cookies, no analytics, no forms, no third-party requests. Read the privacy policy
Found an error in a figure? Write to us and we will correct it, with the date of the change. info@odbt.lat
Campus
Rest is part of the campus
Visiting teams stay on site: 3 domes inside the forest, 2 apartments and 1 room, with a pool. Massages and other wellbeing services can be arranged on request. Stays are booked through our hospitality brand, Domos Mirador.
Contact
Let's talk
Tell us about your idea or your project. Write to us or call us; we will be glad to talk.
Write to us
General contact · Observatorio Domos Bosque Tropical S.R.L.
- Emailinfo@odbt.lat
- Phone+506 8752 5455
- AddressTajo Alto, Calle Pavones, 800 m a mano derecha, Hospedaje El Mirador, Miramar, Montes de Oro, Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Other enquiries
- Conference & Meeting Centre bookings: centromirador.com (opens in a new tab)
- Accommodation: domosmirador.com (opens in a new tab)