Sustainable conference center in Denmark is first of its kind

The future of sustainable building technologies might emerge out of the small Danish Island Bornholm. As the first hotel and conference center in the world build in full compliance with the cradle-to-cradle principles the demonstration project for sustainable building technologies on Bornholm the Green Solution House will be something to watch for the next years.

The principles behind cradle-to-cradle is in short for products or in this case the conference center to have zero impact on the environment. Thus all materials will be recyclable and the center will be powered by renewable energy resources only.

The idea and development of the Green Solution House has been underway for some time, but now the finances seems to be in place and the project managers expect the project to launch already in early 2012. The Green Solution House will set the frame for the development, demonstration and test of promising technologies within sustainable building technologies.  The conference center will consist of both restored historic buildings and from new buildings constructed for the project.

Both American and Danish architects are involved in the project along with some of the leading universities in Denmark. Both Aalborg University, The Danish Design School and the University of Southern Denmark is looking to add industrial Ph.d’s to the project.

Accordingly some of the biggest building material suppliers has shown interest in joining the construction and research project because they see it as an opportunity to test their own green material solutions.

The project fits well in to Bornholm’s overall vision of the “Bright Green Island”. The goal is to be a 100% green and sustainable society and involves a range of initiatives including employing smart grid technologies and integration of electric vehicles.