Strong identity and cohesion in focus
Cities and homes shape people’s lives. We all spend large parts of the day and night in our homes and local environments. Therefore, buildings and urban environments are crucial to people’s health, well-being and quality of life.
We put people front and centre in our urban developments. Our starting point is the needs of the residents, and we take responsibility for ensuring that the home and local surroundings create a safe environment and a high quality of life. This means we think long-term and develop neighbourhoods where people love to live – both today and in the future. We want to play a long-term role in developing a neighbourhood, for instance by renting out homes ourselves and managing shared facilities.
We develop mixed neighbourhoods with a strong identity and cohesion. We create urban environments where life may be lived with beautiful and functional architecture, green spaces and meeting places as fertile ground for community-building.
Our guiding principles
We put the customer front and centre
With thorough research and a responsive mindset, we develop neighbourhoods that will contribute to residents’ quality of life and remain attractive in the long term.
We create quality of life
We prioritise quality of life. Whether designing a neighbourhood or an individual home, we prioritise safety as well as its appeal to prospective residents.
We create the setting for happy living with space for play and recreation, work and learning, good neighbourly relations and a strong sense of community.
We take responsibility
We operate in an industry where our projects have significant climate, resources, and environmental impacts.
For each individual project, we adapt our strategy to local conditions based on the following principles: working to reduce climate impact, prioritising materials with low CO₂ impact and documented environmental data, and incorporating circular design strategies that support the reuse and recycling of materials.
We want our projects to meet the needs of the future
The construction industry is a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions and the use of raw materials and natural resources. Recognizing that the industry has a significant climate footprint and that, in our role as a developer, we can help make a difference through clear requirements and goals, we at ALFA Development are working to reduce emissions throughout the entire construction lifecycle.
Living by ALFA leads the way
We have initially chosen to focus our climate efforts on our Living by ALFA projects, which will be certified to DGNB Gold in the future. Our first Living by ALFA project in Irmabyen, Rødovre, achieved DGNB Gold certification in 2024. For our DGNB work, we use FRAME as a digital management platform that ensures our projects are designed, monitored, and documented in accordance with the standard. We also engage a sustainability consultant to assist with defining, prioritizing, monitoring, and documenting key focus areas. Through Living by ALFA, we are learning more about requirements and processes, methods, and materials that can be applied to other projects in the future.
General Targets
In general, at ALFA Development, our goal is for all new projects to be designed in accordance with the LCA requirements of the next applicable building code, with a focus on conscious material selection, documented environmental data, and solutions that can reduce CO2 emissions.
Through this proactive approach, we aim to help shape industry practices and demonstrate how specific requirements and standards can be integrated early in the project development process. In doing so, we seek to create long-term value both in our own projects and in our interactions with the outside world.
