Green Lighthouse is Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building. The new building, Green Lighthouse, was inaugurated on the 20th October 2009 and serves as an example in several ways.  The house is actually a lighthouse in more than one sense. It is a green lighthouse of CO2-neutral buildings up to the UN Climate Conference (COP15); It is a lighthouse of efficient public-private cooperation; and last, but not least, it is a lighthouse for the Faculty of Science at the University of Copenhagen, which will see its student services consolidated under one roof.

With Green Lighthouse it has been proven that it is not rocket science, but primary common sense to construct carbon neutral buildings. The design concept of the house alone contributes to an energy use reduction by ¾.The unique design involves the optimal use of daylight, an automatic ventilation system and an automatic cooling and heating system. The orientation of the building, with regards to the sun, means that full advantage of solar energy can be taken. With Green Lighthouse two birds has been killed with one stone; futuristic carbon neutral construction is beeing combined with a modern study and research environment.

In 2007, Copenhagen defined itself as the environmental capital of Europe.

The vision for 2015 is to become the Eco-Metropole of the world. In order to meet the vision four themes has been defined;

Worlds best city for cycles, centre for world climate policy, A green and blue capital city, a clean healthy major city.

Lord Mayor, Ritt Bjerregaard, City of Copenhagen, states;
- With Green Lighthouse we have demonstrated that it is also possible to build CO2-neutral structures when it comes to office buildings. Green Lighthouse is a perfect example of reaching great heights through new partnerships. In the City of Copenhagen, we are proud to show future building owners how they can contribute to making the city CO2-neutral.

www.greenlighthouse.ku.dk

Photo credits: Adam Mørk

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