Green Lighthouse, Carbon Neutral Faculty building / Christensen & Co Arkitekter

Dec 2009

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Architect: Christensen & Co Arkitekter
Client: Danish University and Property Agency
Users: Faculty of Science (30 staff / 50 daily users)
Area: 950 m² (site 3000m²)
Project: May 2008
Construction: October 2008
Completion: November 2009
Collaborators:
Hellerup Byg (contractors)
Cowi (engineering)
CCO staff MC, MC, TN, MS, TB, AM
Misc Partners behind project: Danish University and Property Agency, Copenhagen University, Municipality of Copenhagen, Velux, Velfac

Green Lighthouse, Denmark’s first CO2 neutral public building, demonstrates that sustainable design is not a question of stuffing the building with brazen, expensive high-tech gadgets, but that it starts with good old fashioned common sense. In fact, 75% of the reduction of the energy consumption is the direct consequence of architectural design.

To achieve carbon neutrality, many green design features were incorporated to reduce energy use and provide a holistic and healthy indoor environment for students and faculty. The building itself was oriented to maximize its solar resources, while windows and doors are recessed and covered with automatic solar shades to minimise direct solar heat gain inside the building. Plentiful daylight and natural ventilation are provided by means of the carefully placed VELUX skylights, Velfac windows and the generous atrium. Finally, sensibly integrated state-of-the-art technology has been applied: heat recovery systems, photovoltaic panels, solar heating, LED lighting, phase change materials, geothermal heat are just some of the technologies that are seamlessly integrated into the building.

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The building is going to serve as a showcase for sustainable building at the UN’s Climate Conference here in Copenhagen in December later this year. Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation, Helge Sander states; “Everyone who has had a share in the Green Lighthouse project has every reason to be proud. It is a stylish, exemplary, climate-friendly construction, which will help focus the attention on Danish know-how during the forthcoming climate summit. At the same time, the building can serve as inspiration to other universities and builders, while also contributing to the construction industry’s knowledge base of sustainable building solutions”.

The parties involved in the project are the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, the University of Copenhagen, the City of Copenhagen and the window producers VELUX and VELFAC.

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DomkiZ says:

now that’s a very nice video presentation.

# December 14, 2009 at 07:30

JP says:

I agree. Nice presentation and a very nice project.

# December 14, 2009 at 08:26

Nick Downes says:

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# December 14, 2009 at 11:53

bs says:

If you’re ever in Cph, this is a must see project!
this is the way green architecture should/could look like in real life. Of course the house is filled with state of the art technology, but still, it will hopefully be a leading star for many projects to follow!

-Nice one CCO

# December 14, 2009 at 10:59

kvadriga says:

really nice! hope to participate in smthng like this someday!

# December 14, 2009 at 13:51

Nicholas Patten says:

Nice: Green Lighthouse, Carbon Neutral Faculty building. http://bit.ly/7h8quq

# December 14, 2009 at 19:16

lafricans says:

oui, très chouette et interessant.. tres beau travail d’architecture bioclimatique et superbement expliqué dans la video .. on se rend compte qu’avec quelques “éco”principes basique on arrive à faire du passif pas forcement inésthétique.. (Je suis pas fan de la facade avant mais l’ensemble et surtout l’intérieur est vraiment bien..)

# December 15, 2009 at 07:20

Rob Chant says:

Great 3 min video presentation for an excellent green building: http://bit.ly/bOg8Oj #architecture

# February 22, 2010 at 15:50

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