Cases

Through our VELUX model homes project, we’ve demonstrated how tomorrow’s buildings can be built using today’s technology, and by monitoring these model homes and studying the interaction between home and residents, VELUX has created a blueprint for future housing that offers solutions to some of our most important societal and environmental issues.

Endrup School, Denmark

Rebuilding two preschool classrooms at the Endrup School offered an opportunity to create healthy indoor environments for children and implement new, energy-efficient technologies.

Round building with green tinted facade and many windows and skylights

Green Lighthouse, Denmark

In Denmark’s capital, the VELUX Group joined forces with engineering, architectural and environmental experts to conduct an innovative experiment in optimising renewable energy.

Roof windows on Langebjerg School seen from outside

Langebjerg School, Denmark

The Langebjerg School renovation needed to solve the immediate problems of the roof and, most importantly, to prepare the school for future demands on education.

Maison Air et Lumiere, France

Using a design principle that integrates architectural quality and energy efficiency, the VELUX Group set out to develop a home with a positive energy balance, a neutral environmental impact and the capacity to enhance well being.

Dancers rehearsing underneath large skylights

OSRAM Culture Centre, Denmark

First Active House, Russia

Working just outside of Moscow, the VELUX Group sought to showcase how available energy solutions allow us to respond to the challenges of protecting the environment and using renewable energy while creating attractive interiors ideal for modern life.

Sunlighthouse Pressbaum, Austria

Nine up-and-coming Austrian architects pitched their ideas for carbon-neutral home designs that kept energy consumption to a minimum without sacrificing the residents’ comfort or standard of living.

Smith Residence, USA

Guided by the culture and well-established architectural standards of the Old Webster district in St. Louis, Missouri, the design team set out to develop the first Active House in the USA.

Future Active House, Norway

To create a house whose technology and atmosphere could inspire future green buildings.

Solhuset, Denmark

Solhuset (The Sun House) was conceived to set new standards for future sustainable childcare centres.

zu-haus, Austria

Taking a holistic approach to energy, comfort and environment, the project team set out to develop a low-tech Active House concept with high residential quality.

Girl choosing clothes in brightly lit bedroom

TUEN, Denmark

When a first renovation of a 1937 home did not succeed in improving the chilly and unpleasant indoor climate, the residents reached out to the VELUX Group to find a solution that would bring in natural light and keep the family of four comfortable, happy and warm.

House facade with large panorama windows lit from within

House by the Garden of Venus, Austria

To transform an old farmhouse into a spacious, modern mixed-used property while preserving an apricot orchard and stunning views, the project team needed to think outside the box.

De Poorters van Montfoort, Netherlands

Through renovations based on Active House principles, the design team aimed to revitalise ten run-down Dutch houses built in the 1970s

Outside view of Home for Life house covered in snow

Home for life, Denmark

The VELUX Group sought to create a carbon-neutral building that would benefit from solar energy, both actively by producing electricity and solar heat and passively by benefitting from the heat of the sun.

CarbonLight Homes, UK

For the first Active House in the UK, the VELUX Group envisioned a design that would serve as a model for future housing by offering a comfortable, sustainable living environment that could enhance quality of life.

Jadarhus ISOBO Aktiv, Norway

Working on a development site in Norway, the design team set out to transform one of 12 existing house plans according to Active House principles.

LichtAktiv Haus, Germany

To demonstrate how energy-efficient architecture and high livability can be combined in the modernisation of old houses, the VELUX Group set out to turn a classic 1950s semi-detached home into a carbon-neutral building of the future.

Family standing on patio in front of Active House in Canada

Great Gulf Active House, Canada

The project team for Canada’s first Active House focused on developing a contemporary residential product that would shift the conversation beyond energy efficiency by also promoting mental and physical health for its occupants.

Healthy Home Townhouses, Norway

The Healthy Home Townhouses were conceived to offer beautiful design, a healthy indoor environment and minimal energy consumption.

Ordrup School, Denmark

The rebuilding of Ordrup School not only improved the air quality. The automatically controlled roof windows have created a comfortable indoor climate and an architecture that literally makes the teacher take his shoes off.