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Company fact sheet
Company profile
VELUX in brief
For more than 70 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world.
The VELUX Group offers an extensive number of products and services around the world.
Using daylight and fresh air. Our products ensure a healthy indoor climate. For work and learning. For play and pleasure. They give back to the environment by being highly energy-efficient, generating more energy than goes into producing them.
Product overview Modular skylights for commercial buildings Flat-roof windows and sun tunnels Blinds and roller shutters Flashings and installation products Products for remote control
Locations With manufacturing companies in 9 countries and sales companies in more than 40 countries, our products are widely available. We employ 10,000 people, and our company is headquartered north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Company fact sheet Ownership
Management
The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by foundations and family. The VELUX Group’s financial results are incorporated into VKR Holding’s consolidated accounts. In 2014, VKR Holding’s revenue amounted to Euro 2.2 billion and net profit for the year came to Euro 179.8 million.
The VELUX Group is managed by the Board of Directors and the VELUX Management Group.
We spend 90 % of our lives inside buildings
40%
15 %
of society’s total energy consumption is accounted for by buildings.
is the potential increase in children’s learning ability if they are in a good indoor climate.
By 2050
Jørgen Tang-Jensen, CEO Peter Bang, CFO, Finance and Information Systems Ingemar Tärnskär, Executive Officer, Supply Chain and Product Development
Future solutions are here today
12 Countries 21 Active Houses
9 out of 10 of the buildings in Europe (2015) will still be in use.
Model Home 2020 proof of concept
2020 building targets can be reached with today’s products
1 Hour less artificial lighting. No use of electric light between sun rise and sun set all year. higher daylight factor in main 5% orrooms without overheating.
Good indoor air quality achieved with natural ventilation during summer.
10 years of discoveries through full-scale buildings
»Healthwise while we’ve been here we haven’t had the colds and the coughs we’d usually have before. I think it has to do with the air quality and the daylight.« Glazebrook Family, UK »Within the last two years no one of us was ever really sick. Normally everyone has at least once in a year is seriously ill.« Oldendorf Family, Germany »Ryan [the son] still hasn't had an asthma attack« Pastour Family, France
Society is in need of energy-efficient buildings that provide a healthy indoor climate for people living, working or playing inside them, while having minimal impact on the environemt.
Active House Principles are key
Comfort
Environment
Energy
Our history In 1941, entrepreneur and inventor Villum Kann Rasmussen came up with an idea that would transform dark attics into liveable spaces full of daylight and fresh air. His first roof window was patented in 1942. He came up with a distinctive name that brought out the key benefits of his solution: ‘VE’ short for ventilation and ‘LUX’ latin for light. VELUX.
Contact VELUX Group Corporate Media Relations Ådalsvej 99 DK-2970 Hørshom
Company profile
VELUX in brief
For more than 70 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world.
The VELUX Group offers an extensive number of products and services around the world.
Using daylight and fresh air. Our products ensure a healthy indoor climate. For work and learning. For play and pleasure. They give back to the environment by being highly energy-efficient, generating more energy than goes into producing them.
Product overview Modular skylights for commercial buildings Flat-roof windows and sun tunnels Blinds and roller shutters Flashings and installation products Products for remote control
Locations With manufacturing companies in 9 countries and sales companies in more than 40 countries, our products are widely available. We employ 10,000 people, and our company is headquartered north of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Company fact sheet Ownership
Management
The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by foundations and family. The VELUX Group’s financial results are incorporated into VKR Holding’s consolidated accounts. In 2014, VKR Holding’s revenue amounted to Euro 2.2 billion and net profit for the year came to Euro 179.8 million.
The VELUX Group is managed by the Board of Directors and the VELUX Management Group.
We spend 90 % of our lives inside buildings
40%
15 %
of society’s total energy consumption is accounted for by buildings.
is the potential increase in children’s learning ability if they are in a good indoor climate.
By 2050
Jørgen Tang-Jensen, CEO Peter Bang, CFO, Finance and Information Systems Ingemar Tärnskär, Executive Officer, Supply Chain and Product Development
Future solutions are here today
12 Countries 21 Active Houses
9 out of 10 of the buildings in Europe (2015) will still be in use.
Model Home 2020 proof of concept
2020 building targets can be reached with today’s products
1 Hour less artificial lighting. No use of electric light between sun rise and sun set all year. higher daylight factor in main 5% orrooms without overheating.
Good indoor air quality achieved with natural ventilation during summer.
10 years of discoveries through full-scale buildings
»Healthwise while we’ve been here we haven’t had the colds and the coughs we’d usually have before. I think it has to do with the air quality and the daylight.« Glazebrook Family, UK »Within the last two years no one of us was ever really sick. Normally everyone has at least once in a year is seriously ill.« Oldendorf Family, Germany »Ryan [the son] still hasn't had an asthma attack« Pastour Family, France
Society is in need of energy-efficient buildings that provide a healthy indoor climate for people living, working or playing inside them, while having minimal impact on the environemt.
Active House Principles are key
Comfort
Environment
Energy
Our history In 1941, entrepreneur and inventor Villum Kann Rasmussen came up with an idea that would transform dark attics into liveable spaces full of daylight and fresh air. His first roof window was patented in 1942. He came up with a distinctive name that brought out the key benefits of his solution: ‘VE’ short for ventilation and ‘LUX’ latin for light. VELUX.
Contact VELUX Group Corporate Media Relations Ådalsvej 99 DK-2970 Hørshom
