Dimitry Medvedev, visited Green Lighthouse, Denmark’s first public carbon-neutral building.

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President Medvedev to build Green Lighthouse in Russia
During his official state visit to Denmark, President of the Russian Federation, Dimitry Medvedev, visited Green Lighthouse, Denmark’s first public carbon-neutral building. He showed great interest in it and, the next day, announced the decision to build a Green Lighthouse in Russia.
Ruslands præsident Dmitrij Medvedev og statsminister Lars Løkke Rasmussen One of the first concrete results of the official Russian state visit last week is that President Medvedev is to build a Green Lighthouse in Russia. Green Lighthouse is Denmark’s first official carbon-neutral building. With its innovative and climate-friendly energy concept, the building has once again man-aged to draw attention to Danish expertise in sustainable building and to an award-winning demon-stration of public-private teamwork.

Green Lighthouse is the green beacon of Copenhagen University. Here students of the Faculty of Natural Sciences receive guidance about their courses and researchers gather to swap experience and ideas.

"We are both proud and delighted that Green Lighthouse is now to be built in Russia. Copenhagen University has set itself the objective to become one of the greenest campuses in Europe. And Green Lighthouse is making an enormous contribution. The building is a wonderful example of what can be achieved when the public and private sectors work together at the same pace," proclaims Rector Ralf Hemmingsen.

Climate and Energy Minister Lykke Friis says:
"I am thrilled about the Russian interest in the concept. It confirms that Denmark has a strong posi-tion when it comes to building energy-efficient housing. Homes account for 40 per cent of all Danish energy consumption, so the knowledge we possess will be a huge asset in the years to come, when we have to cut our energy consumption on a continual basis. Green Lighthouse shows that it is possi-ble to construct the energy-friendly buildings of tomorrow with the technology of today."

Building of the future
"As one of the largest building owners in the country, it is important for the Ministry of Science, Tech-nology and Innovation to focus on and encourage energy-efficient building. It is fantastic that a sus-tainable building such as Green Lighthouse, which has been a source of inspiration to the building sector in Denmark, has also inspired such a great nation is Russia to build green,” comments Minister of Science Charlotte Sahl-Madsen.

Photo from the Russian tv channel 1tv www.1tv.ru