Solar Prism: Albertslund, Denmark

Solar Prism
Albertslund, Denmark
An energy renovation project

Solar Prism
Vision
Solar Prism - the beginning of simplicity

in energy renovation
We face challenges in maintaining our

living comfort as we assume the respon-
sibility of reducing the carbon footprint
created by our daily activities; as we are
squeezed by our conscience and family
budgets to reduce our consumption of
fossil fuels. Today, we have come to
realise that our way of living can no longer
continue if we are to sustain our health,
economy and environment.
We have to rethink what our house is

to make it work for us
Our vision is to reinvent functions of

existing European housing, introducing
solutions that achieve an optimal building
design that balances daylight, heat control,
and ventilation. The Solar Prism combines
technologies in order to balance the de-
mands of sustainable housing and comfort
requirements of the future. We aim to offer
aesthetical, sustainable and simple solutions
for energy renovation.
The time has come for simplicity

in energy renovation
2 Solar Prism
The challenge
To reduce the carbon footprint of existing housing
The Albertslund project

A zero-carbon renovated townhouse in
Albertslund – the beginning of simplicity in
energy renovation of existing housing stock.
The reinvented house functions derive from
socio-economic and environmental demands
for optimised renewable energy supplies and
combined technologies for reduced complexity
in energy renovation.
VELUX 3
An initiative supported by the VELUX Group
An Active House meets the demands of the future for

sustainable buildings and has been developed with the
focus on health and comfort for the people living and
working in it. It has been designed to interact with
local conditions and will, whenever possible, use
natural resources to make the building CO2 neutral.
Energy
Indoor climate Environment
Energy challenge Environment challenge Indoor climate challenge

Buildings consume some 40 per cent of all Although the challenges we face are global, People spend 90 per cent of their time indoors,
the energy we use (European figures). the local environment, which always has but less than 30 per cent of the building stock
When we consider a building’s total unique features, must be considered care contributes to or provides a healthy indoor
energy consumption throughout its life fully. An open-minded approach to flexible climate. Humans need certain comfort factors
cycle, energy performance and energy sup- solutions that take into account local cul when they spend so much time indoors, includ-
ply are important factors in the concern for tural and infrastructural differences creates ing thermal control of their surroundings and
climate change, supply reliability and a cleaner environment with less pollution adequate daylight. These factors have a posi-
reduced global energy consumption. and waste. tive effect on our health and well-being as well
as our ability to perform.
For more information on Active House

please visit www.activehouse.info.
4 Solar Prism
Active House meets the future demands for
sustainable buildings and has been developed
with focus on the health and comfort of the
people living in it.
It has been designed to interact with local

conditions and will put the highest priority
on natural resources to make the house
CO2 neutral.
Solar Prism enables the potential of existing housing

stock for renewable energy sourcing and improved
indoor climate while reducing the carbon footprint.
By following Active House principles, our quest with
Solar Prism is to make existing housing just as active
and CO2 neutral as a new house.
VELUX 5
The solution
The Solar Prism
The Solar Prism is a robust response to the
general carbon footprint debate and the
energy challenges in the existing housing
stock. The concept aims to simplify energy
renovation and make a positive impact on
global and environmental issues.
The Solar Prism consists of three main

elements – the solar energy sourcing
surfaces, technologies for energy and
climate control, and the hosting prism as the
interface. The combination of these consti-
tutes the best way for energy renovation
today to achieve a building design that
is in balance with the need for lighting,
heat control, and ventilation.
Benefits
• Simplified house upgrade to Active

House principles.
• One installation for renewable energy
sourcing for individual housing.
• One installation for improved indoor cli-
mate with natural ventilation, daylight,
and heat recycling background ventilation.
• Energy savings with daylight and passive
solar energy.
• Configurable functions in modules to
meet the needs of individual families and
multi-family housing.
• Upgradable technologies and surfaces to
meet additional family needs.
6 Solar Prism
Surfaces
VELUX solar thermal collectors
VELUX windows
Photovoltaic cells supplying

electricty to the grid
Technologies
Heat pump
Hot water tank
Heat recovery ventilation
Interface
Insulated prism construction
VELUX 7
Solar Prism ensures a reliable and rational
way to incorporate all the major energy
installations in prefabricated elements,
thus avoiding excessive installation work
in the dwelling to be renovated.
Solar Prism is completely prefabricated,

with all the components installed and in
place - which gives a more secure and
reliable result.
8 Solar Prism
Surface
Roof windows from VELUX are the source A solar hot water tank stores the hot wa-
of passive solar energy, saving cooling loads ter heated by the solar thermal collectors.
by using natural ventilation and electricity It is custom-made, with a storage capacity
by the optimal use of daylight - and the key of 160 litres and with minimal heat loss.
to a healthy indoor climate.
Heat Recovery Ventilation from EcoVent
Solar thermal collectors from VELUX use (system S450) ventilates and heats the
the sun’s energy to produce domestic hot housing unit. The ventilation system permits
water and space heating. Two m² of solar continuous air exchange while recycling the
thermal panels supply sufficient hot water heat via an inbuilt heat exchanger. In this
for the daily use of two people. When scaled way, around 90% of the space heating is
up to family size, the solar thermal collec- recycled while ventilating. The unit has low
tors integrated into the Prism can be operating energy consumption (SEL value
configured to meet the needs of the 0.9 kj/m³). The ventilation system has a
entire housing unit. capacity of 150 m³/h.
Solar photovoltaic collectors convert the
Interface
sun’s energy into electricity, which repre-
sents a significant supplement to the mains
supply. 10.5 m² of solar cell surface gener-
ates 1.67 kW of electricity, meeting the The interface is the relation between the
needs of two people. hardware and software of the Solar Prism
and the house, intelligently unifying renew-
able energy sourcing and the necessary
Technologies daylighting, heat control and ventilation.
The prism shape was chosen to maximise
A heat pump from Danfoss (COMBI-305 the interior space for hosting the technolo-
3,5 kW) is installed to supply space heating. gies and to grant access for servicing. It
The ground source heat pump draws on also provides the greatest surface area for
natural ground heat to warm up the living effective solar energy collection.
space in the winter, supplementing the hot
water system and supporting the solar The interface of the Solar Prism makes the
collector system. Passive solar energy, the intelligently reinvented roof function highly
solar collectors and the heat pump fully suitable for simplified energy renovation of
replace the central heating system, thus re- the existing housing stock.
ducing the dependency on fossil fuel energy.
VELUX 9
VELUX products
used in Solar Prism
VELUX creates better homes with daylight and Windows

fresh air through the roof. Our product range
contains a wide range of roof windows and VELUX windows in the Solar Prism
skylights, along with solutions for flat roofs. ensure good daylight and contribute
In addition, VELUX offers many types of deco- passive solar heat to the building.
ration and sunscreening products, roller shut-
ters, installation products, remote control
products and thermal solar panels for installa- The VELUX windows in Solar Prism allow
tion in roofs. The VELUX Group, which has for natural ventilation. When the temperature in
manufacturing companies in 10 countries the building exceeds 26° C, windows open auto-
and sales companies in just under 40, is one matically for extra ventilation.
of the strongest brands in the global building
materials sector and its products are sold in
most parts of the world.
Solar panels
The Group has around 9,000 employees, of
whom some 3,000 are based in Denmark. VELUX solar thermal collectors
The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding, for hot water supply.
a limited company wholly owned by family Model CLI.
and foundations. The main shareholders are
the charitable VELUX foundations.
For more details, visit www.velux.com
VELUX solar panels

VELUX windows
10 Solar Prism
Solar Prism
Albertslund, Denmark
Partners
Teknologisk Institut
Cenergia ApS
Rubow arkitekter A/S
Danfoss A/S
BO-VEST
KUBEN Management
Rockwool A/S
VELUX A/S
Suppliers
Racell Solar A/S
EcoVent ApS
SopiaGROUP ApS/KingspanTEK Danmark
DTU Byg
VELUX 11
VELUX A/S
Ådalsvej 99
DK-2970 Hørsholm
Tel. +45 45 16 40 00
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Solar Prism

An energy renovation project

Solar Prism - the beginning of simplicity

We face challenges in maintaining our

We have to rethink what our house is

Our vision is to reinvent functions of

The time has come for simplicity

The Albertslund project

An Active House meets the demands of the future for

Indoor climate Environment

Energy challenge Environment challenge Indoor climate challenge

For more information on Active House

It has been designed to interact with local

Solar Prism enables the potential of existing housing

The Solar Prism consists of three main

• Simplified house upgrade to Active

VELUX solar thermal collectors

Photovoltaic cells supplying

Hot water tank

Heat recovery ventilation

Insulated prism construction

Solar Prism is completely prefabricated,

Solar photovoltaic collectors convert the

VELUX creates better homes with daylight and Windows

VELUX solar panels

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