User:Normann Sloth/Active house

Energy consumption has until now, largely been reduced according to the passive principle, whereby buildings are optimised for maximum heat retention. Active House takes this principle a step further to facilitate buildings that are both energy and climate neutral while also catering for living factors such as optimum daylight. Active House demonstrates that it is possible even now to achieve buildings which produce more energy than they consume, without compromising on the requirements for a healthy indoor climate and attractive and flexible architecture.

40 % of energy consumption in the industrialized nations is attributable to buildings, which makes the building industry one of the most energy-intensive industries. As a player in the industry we are under an obligation to act on this fact. Through eight experimental houses we develop CO2 neutral active houses, which are self-sufficient in energy and have a healthy and comfortable indoor climate with plenty of fresh air and daylight.

Active house is a vision of creating balance and unity through buildings that:

 * produce more energy than they consume
 * have a healthy and comfortable indoor climate
 * interacts with their environment