project was conceived around this new settlement, which besides the dwellings includes a kindergarten
and an activity centre for elderly people.
The CLASS 1 project used the strengthening of the energy requirements to boost and drive the
technological development of 6 selected technologies/building components covering the 3 areas: Eco-
buildings, Renewable Energy Supply and intelligent energy management system and to prove the economic
and environmental benefits of ultra-low energy buildings integrated with biomass- and solar heating based
renewable energy supply.
In the course of the project, it turned out that the construction of the dense low-rise housing progressed
more slowly than anticipated because of the financial crisis that began in the beginning of 2008. This has
had another consequence for the project, because the planned district-heating network based on bio-
gasification CHP therefore had too few costumers and could not be carried through within the timeframe of
the project. A contingency plan was introduced in 2011/2012: Instead of the dense low-rise housing
demonstration, 7 of the public buildings in Stenloese was to be renovated and in replacement of the
renewable energy from the bio-CHP plant, large areas of PV-plants was to be installed on the municipal
buildings of Egedal Municipality.
The demonstration projects were supported by specific design guidelines developed within the project
covering Indoor Environmental Quality and energy savings as well as requirements for monitoring and
evaluation.
The project also covers activities dealing with town planning and regulatory means and has eco-labelling as
a cross cutting activity to increase the general awareness about ecological issues.
The training activities defined in the project were targeted towards the technical personnel of the local
authorities, the builders and the users.
Finally, the dissemination activities for one thing focus on the associated observer municipalities in Estonia,
France, Italy and Romania supported by the organisations around them. Secondly, the dissemination is
directed towards existing networks of cities and municipalities and thirdly towards the public in general.
The coordinators of the projects were:
Coordinator was Jacob Madsen, Technical Director
Municipality of Egedal, Denmark.
The technical coordinator was Ove Mørck, PhD, Director
Cenergia Energy Consultants, Denmark.
Work performed and achievements
From the start the municipality of Egedal has advertised the construction sites at the new settlement area
Stenloese Syd for sale with special energy requirements for all buildings to be built according to the Danish
Low-energy standard "BR08 low-energy class 1" or better. Furthermore, it is required to use solar energy
for hot water preparation and heat pumps for heating in the single-family houses.
By the end of the project 60 single-family houses, the 65 ultra-low-energy houses, the kindergarten and the
Centre for Elderly people have been constructed. The Municipality of Egedal has carried out the energy
renovation of 7 public buildings. The Municipality of Egedal has also had the installation of the large
amount of PV areas on 9 public buildings carried out by one contractor.