Green Lighthouse

Green Lighthouse is Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building, acting as a beacon for future climate-neutral buildings, with energy usage minimized by having the indoor climate based on Natural Ventilation.

The building is actually a lighthouse in more than one sense. It is a green lighthouse for CO2-neutral buildings leading up to the UN Climate Conference (COP15); it is a lighthouse of efficient public-private cooperation; and last, but not least, it is a lighthouse for the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, which sees its student services consolidated under one roof.

An essential element in achieving the CO2 neutral target is using technologies that reduce use of electricity. The NV Advance™ system from WindowMaster, based on Natural Ventilation, automatically modulates the opening and closing of the windows to ensure there is fresh air in the building. This enables the use of the mechanical ventilation during the year to be dramatically reduced - saving CO2.

NV Advance™ ensures the optimal ventilation method is used, by monitoring indoor and outdoor temperature, CO2 levels, lighting levels, wind speed and direction, sunshine and rain.

On the two information screens users and guests can see the energy consumption in the building and the energy production from the solar cell system, the solar collector system, geothermal heat and heat pump system.

WindowMaster wants with the participation in this project to set new standards for energy optimized indoor climates based on Natural Ventilation.

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University of Copenhagen

Active house  From 2008 WindowMaster builts eight demo houses in 5 European countries in collaboration with VELUX, VELFAC, SONNENKRAFT and Faber. The houses are all unique and will reflect the Active House principles - examples of buildings with low energy consumption, a healthy indoor climate and an outstanding architecture. When the houses are completed, occupants will move in and test the everyday living and working conditions of an Active House. Their experiences will be compared to WindowMaster’s measurements of the indoor climate and energy consumption and production. Read more about the individual projects: Home for Life  Solar Aktivhaus