Produced as the world’s 1st Active Home, “Home for Life” is the 1st experiment from Velux series of sustainable architecture possibilities– Model Property 2020 and was inaugurated in April 2009 in Aarchus, Denmark. Single loved ones members members residence of 200 sqm, ground floor and attic height, is made to reduce energy consumption and operating outcomes to offer indoor climate with a higher level of comfort. Due to the fact July 2009, a household of four moved in the property to reside for a year, monitoring in an objective and subjective way the efficacy of the different elements of the project. AART Architects had been positioned the home so that the field property roof orientation let optimal use of solar panels. Due to the truth glass surfaces (vertical windows and attic windows) totaling approx. 40% of the beneficial, the want to have for artificial lighting in the course of the day space drops to near zero. The attic windows make certain sufficient insulation, fitted with interior blinds to maintain away from also sturdy sunshine, and the outer coils to cease the sun and keep away from overheating in summer season time. Every single space has a suitable organic ventilation all by means of summer season season, controlled by an intelligent system that replaces the want to have for air conditioning.
Domestic water heating is carried out with solar panels mounted on the covers, and space heating is offered by a heat pump – an ecological technique that replaces the standard combustion of fossil fuels. Renewable energy and with out carbon emissions developed by the heat pump, solar panels and photovoltaic cells exceed the 9.4% estimated power consumption for housing, which equates to 30 years in energy recovery and creating components utilised to produce the residence. Structure, closing and the divisions of laminated wood and metal profiles have been produced and location into operation which consumes fewer resources than traditional masonry, acquiring totally recyclable. Architectural image is 1 of the principal strengths of this project. “Home for life” demonstrates how can be integrated effectively the cutting-edge technologies components into a unitary notion, each classic and modern day day day.
White utilized for finishing walls and sloping surfaces enables diffusion and light distribution on the inside. In the absence of numerous finishes, architectural image is animated by the composition of panels and ladders. Particulars gathered from the experiment on the effect of creating on the atmosphere, nicely becoming and life-style of its inhabitants, is a basis for future technological innovations developed to boost the prime prime high quality of life and extended term atmosphere recovery.
Photographs: © Michael Franke Photography.
Images: Adam Mørk
Project specifics:
Project: Evaluation and style improvement aimed at ensruing a required foothold in architecture in an anticipated sustainable and low-carbon future.
Developer: VELFAC A/S VELUX A/S
Architect and landscape architect: AART architects A/S
Engineer: Esbensen Consulting Engineers
Address: Lystrup close to Aarhus
Year: 2008
Size: 200 sq.m.
Status: Constructed.
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