Promotion: window manufacturer Velux has created an experimental low-carbon housing development in Copenhagen that is built using existing technology and materials.
Called Living Places Copenhagen, the prototype village is built by Velux in partnership with Danish architecture studio EFFEKT, construction and property consultancy Artelia and civil engineers Enemærke & Petersen. It includes two complete homes and five open pavilions.
The prototype village is built by Velux in partnership with Danish architecture studio EFFEKT, construction and property consultancy Artelia and civil engineers Enemærke & Petersen
As well as low-carbon, the development is designed to be scalable, affordable and commercially viable.
Each material, design and building technique used in the development has been carefully considered and had its projected emissions mapped against the typical Danish reference house. At 3.8 kilograms of CO2 equivalent per metre squared per year, the CO2 footprint of a Living Places dwelling is three times lower than an average Danish single-family house.
The project includes two complete homes and five open pavilions
Velux explained that the dwellings are carbon negative through the majority of their lifecycle due to the selection of biogenic materials that store carbon throughout each building's lifetime.
The development includes a timber frame house and a cross-laminated timber (CLT) house with hybrid ventilation and wood and aluminium windows.
The building...