Sustainable technology

• all houses are wooden houses painted with environmental friendly paints outdoors and indoors.
• dividing walls between individual row houses are made of non-burned compressed soil bricks (minimum of energy used for construction compared to normal burned bricks)
• paper based insulation materials are used (minimum of energy used for construction compared to energy intensive materials like Rockwool usually used in Denmark)
• outer walls are made without plastic vapour barrier to provide for better indoor climate
• all houses have wooden floors and solid wooden doors inside
• gypsum building boards are used for indoor wall boarding
• energy efficient windows
• gravel roads and walkways (minimum of energy used for construction compared to paved roads)
• one of the common houses is a straw bale house built by the residents

• a heating plant operated on wood pellets and a local district heating system supply CO₂-free space heating and domestic hot water
• solar collectors placed on all common houses supply almost all hot water during the summer
• a demonstration installation of solar cells produces electricity
• all houses have under floor heating for comfort and energy savings
• many residents use electric appliances with high energy efficiency
• a local foundation supports small environmental friendly demonstration projects
• a green balance report of the ecological performance is done every few years.

• urine from the residents is collected in separation toilets and stored in outdoor underground storage tanks and spread on nearby farm fields as an organic fertiliser
• garbage is separated into many fractions for recycling at our waste recycling station
• food scraps and garden wastes are composted
• we also have a room for recycling of clothes and other things.

• waste water from the settlement is treated locally in a biological sand filter
• collection of rainwater for use in laundry rooms in the common houses
• separation toilets also save a lot of water.

• many residents grow organic vegetables in designated vegetable plots
• groups of residents keep sheep, cattle, and grow corn on adjacent fields.

• the settlement is deliberately located close to a railway station to provide good opportunities for use of public transportation
• a car sharing association is operated that offers members to book different cars on-line and pay based on their utilisation (hours and km). Car sharing decreases car use substantially compared to owning a car yourself.
• residents use bicycles intensively and sheltered storage is provided for all bicycles.