12/10/2011
Six unique CO2-neutral houses in five EU countriesWhen the sixth full-scale experimental building opens in France next week, the VELUX Group will have completed its Model Home 2020 project, based on a vision for CO2-neutral buildings with a high level of liveability.
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10/08/2011
Daylight and natural ventilation key to newly launched VELUX CarbonLight HomesThe design strategy of the completed VELUX CarbonLight Homes was released today as the homes were unveiled at an opening ceremony in Rothwell, Kettering, attended by Heather Wheeler MP, The Mayor of Kettering, local Councillors and the project partners. Read more
17/12/2010
Busy year in Green LighthouseA year has passed since Green Lighthouse opened its doors for the first time. Read more
19/11/2010
Germany’s first CO2-neutral renovated settler house openedLichtAktiv Haus is the fourth Model Home 2020 experiment out of six buildings in Europe to be constructed by the VELUX Group Read more
02/11/2010
The VELUX Group opens Austria’s first carbon-neutral single-family house A single-family house that has a healthy indoor climate, is flooded with daylight, generates more energy than it needs and neutralises its CO2 emissions.
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26/10/2010
Home of the future inspires daylight renovationA welcoming atmosphere in a modern home that makes the most of daylight – that was the verdict of the Simonsen family of five after their house was given a daylight makeover. Read more
14/10/2010
Designing roofs for well-being and energy efficiencyVELUX MODEL HOME 2020, France: Maison Air et Lumière is a new generation of active house designed with the residents’ quality of life. Read more
06/10/2010
First-year results of an experiment in the family home of the future now availableThe Simonsen family in Århus has just moved out of the family home of the future after taking part for a year in the experiment Home for Life. Read more
04/10/2010
Topping out ceremony for LichtAktiv HausAn old semi-detached house becomes active. On 17 September in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg, VELUX employees, craftspeople, project participants, neighbours and friends celebrated at the topping out ceremony for the LichtAktiv Haus. Read more
28/09/2010
British VELUX Model Home 2020 project breaks new groundVELUX Company Ltd marked the start of construction on its ModelHome 2020 project with a groundbreaking ceremony on the site where it will build two zero carbon homes in Rothwell, Kettering, on Wednesday 22nd September. Read more
16/07/2010
Model Home 2020 Receives top industry accolade at British Homes AwardsThe VELUX Model Home 2020 project emerged as the winner of the Innovation Award for Building Technology at the prestigious British Homes Awards (BHA) held on Thursday 1st July in Central London. Read more
17/05/2010
China’s Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, visits Green LighthouseMinister given a guided tour of Denmark’s first CO2-neutral public building – a building of tomorrow constructed with the products of today. Read more
06/05/2010
President Medvedev to build Green Lighthouse in RussiaPresident of the Russian Federation, Dimitry Medvedev, has announced the decision to build a Green Lighthouse in Russia. Read more
05/05/2010
Ruslands præsident Medvedev bygger Green Lighthouse i RuslandENGLISH VERSION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE TO BE RELEASED
Dagen efter sit besøg i Green Lighthouse besluttede Ruslands præsident Medvedev, at der skal bygges et Green Lighthouse i Rusland Read more
28/04/2010
Russian President visits Green LighthousePresident Medvedev tours Denmark’s first public carbon-neutral building - a building for the future made of components of today. Read more
27/04/2010
Ground breaking of Austria´s first carbon-neutral one-family houseOn 22 April 2010, the ground-breaking ceremony for Austria’s first carbon-neutral one-family house, Sunlighthouse, took place in Pressbaum near Vienna. Read more
18/03/2010
From theory to practice – the human factorThe Simonsen family from Århus, Denmark, are living in the middle of an experiment. For a year, they are testing Home for Life, to explore how homes of the future could be. Read more
11/11/2009
VELUX Austria builds carbon-neutral single-family houseIn the run-up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference, VELUX Austria is to erect Austria’s first ever carbon-neutral single-family house under the name of Sunlighthouse. Read more
20/10/2009
A lighthouse for the climate just opened at the University of CopenhagenGreen Lighthouse is Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building
Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building just opened. The new building, Green Lighthouse, was inaugurated on the 20th October 2009 and serves as an example in several ways. Read more
09/09/2009
EU Commissioner visits Green LighthouseWednesday, Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Energy, visited the ‘Green Lighthouse’ in Copenhagen. Mr. Piebalgs was given a guided tour of the building that will be handed over to Copenhagen University as a faculty building in October. Read more
08/09/2009
Joining forces for living in the city of the futureVELUX Germany signs the IBA Convention and cooperation on the concept house Model Home 2020. Read more
29/05/2009
New vision for buildings will create balance between energy consumption and well-beingOne of the building sector’s contributions to the sustainable buildings of the future is the concept of the Active House, where energy, indoor climate and the local environment combine to benefit the occupants. Read more
27/05/2009
Green Lighthouse – the climate-friendly building of the future – is topped outCopenhagen University’s new building, the Faculty of Natural Sciences on Nørre Campus called Green Lighthouse, will act as a beacon to guide us towards green behaviour. Read more
20/04/2009
Visions for buildings of the future – Opening a ‘Home for Life’Monday 20 April saw the official opening of the first of six CO2 neutral experimental houses to be built in five European countries as part of the VELUX Model Home 2020 concept. Read more
29/10/2008
First sod turned on what will be the roof of Copenhagen University’s new green buildingThe first sod of Copenhagen University’s first climate-friendly building, Green Lighthouse, was turned today at Tagensvej in Copenhagen. Read more
14/07/2008
New vision for future living environmentsHow can we obtain healthy and climate-neutral buildings in the future? VELUX sets out six real-life experiments to pursue some answers to this question. Read more
03/03/2008
Copenhagen University to get sustainable buildingVice-Chancellor Lykke Friis today kicked off the project for a new sustainable building on the Tagensvej campus of Copenhagen University - Green Light House. Read more
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