The two experiments in Denmark were built as a partnership between the VELUX Group and VELFAC. The first experiment (Home for Life in Aarhus) has been monitored for two years, and this experiment is now finished. The second experiment (Green Lighthouse which houses the Faculty of Natural Sciences at Copenhagen University) is still being tested and monitored.
The other four houses in Germany (renovation), France (newbuild), Austria (newbuild) and in the UK (newbuild) are being or will soon be tested. The French house, Maison Air et Lumière, was the last one to be build and was finished in the autumn 2011. It will soon be ready for its test family and monitoring. |
Each of the six houses involves a number of local and regional partners, suppliers, architects, engineers and researchers. They all reflect and respond to three main principles – efficient energy design, high degree of liveability and minimum climate impact – as well as the different climatic, cultural and architectural conditions of the countries in which they are built. |