by Jens Christoffersen, Anna Karina Hammelev Hansen, Karsten Andersen, Peter Foldbjerg, Thorbjørn Færing Asmussen, VELUX Group

Good indoor climate should be a key component of school modernization projects to achieve significant energy savings, be environmentally responsible, and eventually have an influence on student attendance, impact on learning, and better overall facilities for students to learn and educators to work.

Endrup school is located north of Copenhagen in Denmark and renovated recently. The purpose of the renovation was to improve the indoor air quality […]

by Jakob Schoof | Photography by Torben Eskerod

In the small town of Montfoort, the first ten of millions of Dutch terraced houses have been converted into Active Houses. Their roofs harness the sun’s energy in three ways: to generate power, to supply heat, and as a source of light that significantly enhances the comfortable living conditions in these spacious but very deep houses.

Between 1945 and 1975, 2.5 million houses were built in the Netherlands, about 1.3 million of which were terraced […]

by Milena Slipek

Green Solution House is a conference center and hotel located on the Island of Bornholm in Denmark. The building was created with a special focus on providing environmental-friendly solutions, based on local recyclable materials usage, renewable energy sources utilization and life-cycle considerations. At the same time, Green Solution House aims to provide a healthy indoor environment for the visitors, meaning that they can benefit from the high levels of daylight, temperature ranges and fresh air.

Perspective view of […]

by Jakob Schoof

Architectural design, ecological aspirations and a high standard of education enter into a close symbiosis in the Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. For the young people who use it, the classrooms and corridors of the energy-efficient timber building offer plenty of room for movement and an abundant supply of daylight.

The secondary school in Klaus conceived by Dietrich | Untertrifaller set standards in this regard as long as 14 years ago. The architects have now supplemented the school with a […]

by Nicolas Roy, VELUX group

VELUX Daylight Visualizer is a powerful tool to develop ideas for natural light in buildings. From small investigations to full project evaluations, it lets you calculate the performance of daylight in your design, as well as its appearance for a wide range of sky conditions.

With Daylight Visualizer you can both visualize the appearance of daylight with photo-realistic renderings, and quantify the amount and distribution of daylight with false color images.

The example below shows a comparison between […]