<![CDATA[News and press releases - VELUX Media Centre | VELUX Group]]> https://press.velux.com/ Bringing light to life en Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:57:47 +0200 Wed, 26 Sep 2018 14:56:31 +0200 <![CDATA[News and press releases - VELUX Media Centre | VELUX Group]]> https://content.presspage.com/clients/150_1207.jpg https://press.velux.com/ 144 VELUX turns century-old wood into new roof windows https://press.velux.com/velux-turns-century-old-wood-into-new-roof-windows/ https://press.velux.com/velux-turns-century-old-wood-into-new-roof-windows/300362VELUX Group brings new life to old wood from buildings constructed in 1910 by making reclaimed timber roof windows for a project in The Netherlands. They represent a ‘VELUX experiment’ to meet a special request for the use of upcycled building materials.About the VELUX Group

For more than 80 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product programme includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 36 countries and around 11,000 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2022, the VELUX Group had total revenue of EUR 2.99 billion, VKR Holding had total revenue of EUR 4.29 billion, and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 181 million in charitable grants.

For more information about VELUX Group, visit velux.com.

]]>This unique product innovation showcases the willingness of the Group to listen to customer needs and to try new things. It is a kind of ‘VELUX experiment’ that’s in the spirit of VELUX founder Villum Kann Rasmussen, who once said (and which is now a company motto): “One experiment is worth more than 1,000 expert views”. The main purpose of this experiment is to firstly prove it can be done and secondly to learn more about actual market needs for upcycled building materials.

 

Where the windows are installed

In this experiment, a total of 93 windows were manufactured using reclaimed timber. The first windows have already been installed in the attics of a public housing complex in The Netherlands. The installation of all windows and the entire roof renovation is expected to be finalised by April 2019.

How the windows differ from standard VELUX roof windows

The quality and functionality of the reclaimed timber roof windows is the same as standard VELUX roof windows. The only difference is that the timber has a few imperfections like nail and screw holes or marks and penetrations from other building materials, such as hinges. The window’s surface, which is visible when installed, is painted white, just like standard VELUX roof windows of this type. To distinguish the reclaimed timber windows from standard roof windows, the timber which is hidden after installation is clear-lacquered to reveal its authenticity.

Evaluation process
The VELUX Group will now assess this first attempt at working with reclaimed timber materials. Every step involved in production will be scrutinised to establish key learnings and identify ways to optimise processes before any decision is made about the commercial viability of manufacturing this type of window. It is too soon to know if there could be a market for reclaimed timber roof windows and therefore if they could become part of the VELUX product range.

 

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]]> Tue, 11 Sep 2018 14:59:33 +0200 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1207/500_installingfirstveluxreclaimedtimberroofwindowattivolirood2.jpg?10000 https://content.presspage.com/uploads/1207/installingfirstveluxreclaimedtimberroofwindowattivolirood2.jpg?10000 VELUX partners with Arup to promote circular economy at London Design Festival https://press.velux.com/velux-partners-with-arup-to-promote-circular-economy-at-london-design-festival/ https://press.velux.com/velux-partners-with-arup-to-promote-circular-economy-at-london-design-festival/149173“Circular Building” showcases sustainable and circular building materialsLONDON, 19TH SETEMBER 2016.

The VELUX Group today announces its collaboration with engineering firm Arup, along with Frener & Reifer, BAM and further partners to create the “Circular Building”. The aim is to demonstrate how the circular economy can benefit the industry and the built environment, reflecting on the commercial, social and environmental opportunities of employing circular principles.

]]>About the VELUX Group

For more than 80 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product programme includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 36 countries and around 11,000 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2022, the VELUX Group had total revenue of EUR 2.99 billion, VKR Holding had total revenue of EUR 4.29 billion, and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 181 million in charitable grants.

For more information about VELUX Group, visit velux.com.

]]>The Circular Building is a prototype, designed by Arup, and features award-winning VELUX Modular Skylights (VMS). VMS products are designed in collaboration with Foster + Partners, offering innovative, modular and sustainable solutions for glass roofs in larger building spaces. VMS products have high sustainability credentials, with exceptional energy performance, an expected life of 30 years or more, and easy disassembly and recyclability. No adhesives are used in manufacture or installation and fully modular design means that units can be easily replaced without affecting existing structures.

The Circular Building has been designed and constructed as part of London Design Festival (17th-25th September 2016), an annual event held to celebrate and promote London as the design capital of the world and a gateway to the international creative community.

The Circular Building tests the maturity of circular economy thinking in the built environment. Designing buildings where, at the end of life, all components and materials can be re-used, re-manufactured or re-cycled, profoundly alters design and construction priorities.

Each material in the Circular Building comes with its own QR code containing the information required to allow re-use, and together this information feeds into a Materials Database created using a cloud-based platform from which data has been fed to both the Circular Building website and the BIM model. Both the website and the BIM model can be viewed via QR codes displayed inside the Circular Building.

The Circular Building is open 19th September – 7th October 2016.

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