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SOS Children’s Villages Denmark (SOS DK) has initiated a new project to help reform the childcare system in Ukraine and the VELUX Group is contributing with its Living Places concept. The project is called Children’s Living Places and is a …

Indoor health and comfort in European buildings are severely lagging. One in four Europeans resides in buildings where indoor air quality falls below national standards and more than 30 million citizens are affected by their dwellings being too …

In 2023, VELUX secured 100% documented renewable electricity and reduced emissions from its own operations by 16% versus 2022, putting the company on track for achieving its operational emissions target by 2030. This progress was documented in the …

VELUX Group won a Sustainability Impact to My Enterprise Award for its efforts to reduce scope 1 and 2 CO2 emissions.The award, which recognises Schneider Electric partners, customers and suppliers for outstanding performance in decarbonising their …

VELUX Group becomes a member of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and joins more than 225 businesses taking action to limit the climate crisis.

Living Places Copenhagen, developed by the VELUX Group, EFFEKT architects, Artelia engineers, and Enemærke & Petersen contractors, has won the internationally renowned MIPIM Award 2024 in the category "Best Residential Project". This victory …

The VELUX Group is partnering with RCS Sports & Events to sponsor five globally-renowned road cycling races for women and men in 2024.The sponsorship kicks off with the Strade Bianche and Strade Bianche Women Elite races during the first weekend …

Living Places Copenhagen, developed by the VELUX Group, EFFEKT architects, Artelia engineers, and Enemærke & Petersen contractors, has been shortlisted for the internationally renowned MIPIM Awards 2024 in the category “Best Residential …

The VELUX Group inaugurates today a brand new high-tech warehouse in Kolding, Denmark. Pallet cranes and picker robots will be powered by energy from solar panels to pack roof windows for distribution to customers across the Nordic region. VELUX has …

The Paris agreement was signed in 2015 and this year marks the halfway point to 2030, when many of the world’s governments have set targets to limit the rise of global temperatures to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. As with previous COP …

The groundbreaking housing project, Living Places Copenhagen, wins two international architecture awards from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) thereby confirming the importance of the project on the international architecture scene.

The VELUX Group has entered a partner agreement with the Dutch house builder Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma on building more sustainable housing in the Northern part of the Netherlands. With this partner agreement, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma is the …

The VELUX Group appoints Aliëtte van der Wal-van Dijk as new Executive Vice President for VELUX Global Marketing as of 1 December. As EVP for global marketing, Aliëtte will join the Executive Group Management in VELUX.

VELUX A/S has progressed from a bronze to gold medal in the latest assessment by the rating body EcoVadis, which assesses companies’ environmental, social and governance (ESG) management and progress.

Thursday night,  the VELUX Group was awarded EY’s Sustainability Award in the Innovation category at an event hosted by EY and the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, Denmark. The group received the prestigious award for Living Places – a …

As part of the VELUX Group’s commitment to accelerate sustainable development, expressed in the Group`s Sustainability strategy 2030, the group has taken the role of Impact Partner to the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 in Copenhagen.

The winning flexible seating arrangement made from discarded pallets was one of 10 finalist solutions competing to become part of future festivals. The students involved in the second annual sustainability challenge used recyclable materials to …

Could future festival equipment be made from coffee bags, mushrooms or ropes? 

All of the entries in the product design category were assessed according to their design quality and degree of innovation by a Red Dot jury, consisting of 50 international experts. The award was announced and celebrated at a Red Dot award ceremony …

In collaboration with Roskilde Festival and IDA, the VELUX Group invited students to create proposals for how to make Roskilde Festival's lounge areas greener and more circular – in other words, rethinking how to chill at Denmark's Roskilde …

As part of the VELUX Group’s target to capture the historical emissions from operations, the group will finance two additional forest conservation and restoration projects in tropical landscapes. Together with the first project in Uganda, the new …

A new roof window shutter production facility will be built in Marnay, Haute-Saône to meet the growing demand from customers in Europe for energy savings and thermal comfort in both winter and summer. 

A fault detected in VELUX new generation mains-powered glass rooflight CVU could in rare instances cause electric shock.The risk is considered low and no one has been injured. It is safe to use the affected flat roof windows with a remote control, …

Anders Dam Vestergaard will take on a new role as the Executive Vice President for Region North America, CEE, APAC & Altaterra and step into the Executive Group Management team of the VELUX Group.

Jacob Madsen has been appointed Executive Vice President for Region North in the VELUX Group and will step into the Executive Group Management team.

André Dot will take on a new role as the Executive Vice President for Region Southwest Europe in the Velux Group. He will also step into the Executive Group Management team of the VELUX Group.

The companies will now work together to lower the carbon footprint of the steels used in VELUX roof windows, aiming to reduce embedded CO2 by up to 70 percent (depending on the type of steel product used) compared with conventionally produced …

The VELUX Group and partners open the doors to Living Places Copenhagen – seven prototypes that show how we can develop sustainable buildings with a three times lower CO2 footprint and a first-class indoor climate. Living Places concept holds the …

Emissions from operations (scope 1 and 2) decreased to 27,371 tCO2e in 2022 from 37,105 tCO2e in 2021. This decline was driven by an increase in the purchase of renewable electricity (in 2022 representing 98% of electricity consumption), energy …

Called Nature Collection, the blinds are primarily made from recycled materials, which significantly reduces their embodied carbon footprint compared to standard VELUX blinds.