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Henning Larsen Architects: Low-energy office building in Denmark

Henning Larsen Architects: Low-energy office building in Denmark | sustainable architecture | Scoop.it

The new office building of Energinet.dk in Ballerup has achieved the lowest energy class possible by means of optimizing the design and geometry. The building has an annual energy consumption of only 47,7 kWh/m2. Incorporating solar panels, ground water cooling and heat pumps in the project would further reduce the annual energy consumption.

A flexible and easily comprehensible layout consists of three elements: meeting facilities on the ground floor, a uniting atrium and workstations on the top floor, which floats above the sloping landscape.

The atrium is identity-creating, open and active. A significant part of the environmental objective has been to ensure a high degree of flexibility. The open design as well as the light walls and simple, reusable elements will make it easy to change the interior layout in the future.


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Volkswagen's Chattanooga Auto Plant First of a Kind to Recieve LEED Platinum Rating

Volkswagen's Chattanooga Auto Plant First of a Kind to Recieve LEED Platinum Rating | sustainable architecture | Scoop.it

German automaker Volkswagen's newest United States manufacturing facility has been certified by the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as the first LEED Platinum automotive manufacturing plant in the world.

Located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the $1 billion production plant commenced operations in May 2011. For the past eight months this plant has been assembling Volkswagen's 2012 Passat.

The plant, known as Volkswagen Chattanooga, received 52 out of a possible 69 points to earn USGBC's highest LEED certification. International engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCM) firm, SSOE Group worked as both the Project Team Administrator and Design Lead for the facility.

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