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fact sheet · EnergY efficiencyGreen buildings &‘smart’ homesEnergy efficiency and the use of intelligent monitoring inboth private and public housing is expected to grow extensivelyon a global scale within the next few years. TheDanish market for these solutions already exists and holdsgreat potential for foreign companies.Leading the market for sustainabilityCopenhagen is a leader in sustainable city planning. Forforeign companies, Copenhagen provides a unique environmentin which architecture and engineering companies canbe part of new projects.Copenhagen has a long tradition of energy-efficient constructionbased on a continuous revision of building regulations,relatively high energy prices and its relatively temperateclimate. Denmark has pioneered a systematic methodof energy labelling for buildings, which takes into accountthe total energy consumption of a building over its entirelife span and not just the construction itself.”Over the past 25 years Denmark has registered almost80 percent of accumulated economic growth -with almost no increase in our total energy consumption- making Denmark one of the most energy efficientcountries in the World”Connie Hedegaard,Danish Minister for Climate and EnergyFlagship building: Green Light HouseThe University of Copenhagen now collaborateswith leading producers of green building technology:VELUX, VELFAC, the Danish University PropertyAgency and the City of Copenhagen, in building the‘climate- friendly house of the future’.Flagship project: NordhavnenNordhavnen is Scandinavia’s largest sustainable urbanarea under construction. The goal is to integratesustainability into the entire construction of the area.The area is to be developed over a long period witha completion date set for 2040. The zero emissionsinitiative presents various business opportunitiesfor foreign companies; from architectural labs, toconstruction companies and producers of ‘smart’building technologies for the 40,000 residents and40,000 staff in businesses in Nordhavnen.www.nordhavnen.dkUSEFUL RESOURCESVELUX (windows), www.velux.comDanfoss (thermostats), www.danfoss.comGrundfos (heat pumps), www.grundfos.comRockwool (insulation), www.rockwool.comDanish Architecture Centre, www.dac.dkBIG Architects, www.big.dkGehl Architects, www.gehlarchitects.com3XN Architects, www.3xn.dkCOPENHAGEN CAPACITY – Gammel Kongevej 1 – 1610 Copenhagen VTlf.: +45 33 22 02 22 – Fax: +45 33 22 02 11cleantech@copcap.com – www.copcap.com/cleantech