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VELUX CarbonLight Homes

The VELUX Model Home 2020 is part of an international experiment in the future of housing that VELUX are conducting across Europe. This short film has been prepared to show the build process.


The VELUX CarbonLight Homes in Rothwell, Kettering, have been designed and built to the new Government definition of zero carbon. They are intended to be real homes for real people, which use nature in an intelligent way to encourage a sustainable lifestyle. The design is open plan and incorporates high levels of daylight and natural ventilation in order to minimise energy consumption among residents and generate a sense of community. The homes show that common-sense design can be used to create inspirational sustainable houses with principles that can be easily replicated by the UK’s volume house builders.

The CarbonLight Homes were developed in a strategic partnership between the VELUX Group, HTA Architects, Kettering Borough Council, Willmott Dixon and the North Northants Development Company and are the fifth of six buildings in Europe to be constructed by the VELUX Group as part of the Model Home 2020 project.

The CarbonLight Homes were launched in August at an event attended by Heather Wheeler MP, The Mayor of Kettering, local Councillors and the industry. This video shows the build process of the homes from start to finish.

Please view our report from the VELUX CarbonLight Homes parliamentary reception, held in the House of Commons on Wednesday December 14th.

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