{"id":154090,"date":"2025-08-13T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=154090"},"modified":"2025-08-13T09:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T08:18:04","slug":"worlds-first-brick-concrete-multi-residential-building-secures-dgnb-platinum-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/worlds-first-brick-concrete-multi-residential-building-secures-dgnb-platinum-certification\/154090\/","title":{"rendered":"World first: Brick-and-concrete multi-residential building earns DGNB Platinum"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Danfoss House in S\u00f8nderborg has become the world\u2019s first brick-and-concrete multi-residential building to achieve the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dgnb.de\/en\/certification\/important-facts-about-dgnb-certification\/about-the-dgnb-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DGNB Platinum certification<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tPAdehFiN_A?si=mLk3P75aSJcxfjTt\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"477\" data-end=\"732\">Developed by the Bitten &amp; Mads Clausen Foundation and built by Daugaard Pedersen, the four-storey, 1,950 m\u00b2 complex contains 14 apartments and serves as both housing for Danfoss\u2019 expat employees and a live test facility for advanced energy technologies.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1605\" data-end=\"1624\">Features include:<\/h4>\n<ul data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1955\">\n<li data-start=\"1625\" data-end=\"1712\">\n<p data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1712\">Centralised and decentralised heating systems for side-by-side performance analysis<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1713\" data-end=\"1790\">\n<p data-start=\"1715\" data-end=\"1790\">Ten 100-meter-deep geothermal boreholes for efficient heating and cooling<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1840\">\n<p data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1840\">Floor cooling and diffuse ventilation systems<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"1893\">\n<p data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1893\">Upgrade-ready design with large technical shafts<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"1894\" data-end=\"1955\">\n<p data-start=\"1896\" data-end=\"1955\">Smart home technology for year-round climate optimisation<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 dir=\"ltr\">S\u00f8nderborg\u2019s ProjectZero initiative<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"743\" data-end=\"942\">The project is part of S\u00f8nderborg\u2019s ProjectZero initiative to reach net-zero CO\u2082 emissions by 2029 and marks one of the final elements in Frank Gehry\u2019s master plan to transform the city\u2019s harbor into a sustainable urban district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Lars Tveen, CEO, Bitten and Mads Clausen Foundation, says: &#8220;Dr Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency often refers to S\u00f8nderborg the global capital of energy efficiency, because a third of the emissions reductions achieved by ProjectZero to date have come from energy efficiency. But sometimes that\u2019s hard to translate into real world case studies. But with Danfoss House seeing is believing. It shows us more than an idea. It\u2019s proof that we can build energy-efficient, sustainable housing today.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;An icon for modern housing construction&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"741\">Buildings account for over one-third of global energy use and 40% of CO\u2082 emissions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/breeam-awards-2025-winners-announced\/152061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Recognised alongside BREEAM<\/a>, LEED, and HQE, the DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) standard evaluates environmental, economic, socio-cultural, functional, technical, and process quality.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"472\" data-end=\"741\">There are only around 20 DGNB platinum-certified residential buildings in the world.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Jan Riis Nielsen, CEO, Daugaard Pedersen, says: \u201cDanfoss House is a unique project that differs from traditional residential buildings through its combination of sustainability, architecture and technical innovation. It has been a challenging but rewarding journey with many important choices along the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We believe that Danfoss House now stands as an icon for modern housing construction, which in an exemplary way unites <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/energy-news\/renewable-technologies-driven-frameworks\/140659\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">energy-efficient technologies<\/a>, sustainable principles and a strong architectural identity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Danfoss House\u2019s awards:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Awarded DGNB Heart for focusing on well-being and indoor climate<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Awarded DGNB Diamond for outstanding design and architectural quality<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li dir=\"ltr\">\n<p class=\"ms-outlook-mobile-reference-message skipProofing\" dir=\"ltr\">Named the most successful and beautiful new building in S\u00f8nderborg Municipality by City and Environment<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Danfoss House in S\u00f8nderborg has become the world\u2019s first brick-and-concrete multi-residential building to achieve the DGNB Platinum certification.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":154094,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[942],"tags":[145559,430,93645,129391,465],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-154090","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mmc-news","8":"tag-emissions","9":"tag-energy-efficiency","10":"tag-net-zero","11":"tag-smart-building","12":"tag-sustainable-construction"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>World first: Brick-and-concrete multi-residential building earns DGNB Platinum | Planning, Building &amp; 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