16-07-2010
Model Home 2020 Receives top industry accolade at British Homes Awards
The VELUX Model Home 2020 project emerged as the winner of the Innovation Award for Building Technology at the prestigious British Homes Awards (BHA) held on Thursday 1st July in Central London.
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06-07-2010
Daylight & Architecture wins international award
Daylight & Architecture Magazine, published by The VELUX Group was awarded gold in BCP Awards 2010, "best of corporate publishing" in the category craftsmanship, building and architecture.
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21-05-2010
Title sponsor pleased with VELUX 5 OCEANS progress
With less than six months to race start, the VELUX Group is optimistic about the prospects of the event.
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18-05-2010
696 projects received for the International VELUX Award
The International VELUX Award 2010 received a record high number of projects from students of architecture. Reviewing the 696 entries, the jury will select the winners to be announced in October.
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17-05-2010
China’s Minister of Commerce, Chen Deming, visits Green Lighthouse
Minister given a guided tour of Denmark’s first CO2-neutral public building – a building of tomorrow constructed with the products of today.
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06-05-2010
President Medvedev to build Green Lighthouse in Russia
President of the Russian Federation, Dimitry Medvedev, has announced the decision to build a Green Lighthouse in Russia.
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03-05-2010
President Medvedev will replicate Green Lighthouse energy design in Russia
After a very positive visit to Denmark’s first public carbon-neutral building this week, President Medvedev has decided to construct the first CO2-neutral building in Russia.
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28-04-2010
Russian President visits Green Lighthouse
President Medvedev tours Denmark’s first public carbon-neutral building - a building for the future made of components of today.
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27-04-2010
Ground breaking of Austria´s first carbon-neutral one-family house
On 22 April 2010, the ground-breaking ceremony for Austria’s first carbon-neutral one-family house, Sunlighthouse, took place in Pressbaum near Vienna.
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22-04-2010
The VELUX Group cooperates with EHF Champions League
The VELUX Group is to join forces with the EHF Champions League for the crucial final phase of the 2009/2010 EHF Men’s Champions League season.
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07-04-2010
The VELUX Group in partnership with world-famous designer
In partnership with Ross Lovegrove, the internationally acknowledged proponent of Green Design, the VELUX Group presents a stylish and sophisticated new product that spreads natural light through the roof to otherwise electrically lit rooms.
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18-03-2010
From theory to practice – the human factor
The Simonsen family from Århus, Denmark, are living in the middle of an experiment. For a year, they are testing Home for Life, to explore how homes of the future could be.
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15-03-2010
The VELUX Group wins design award for sun tunnel by Lovegrove
A very unusual partnership between the VELUX Group and the internationally acknowledged proponent of Green Design, Ross Lovegrove, wins this year’s attractive red dot award “best of the best” for pioneering design.
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14-12-2009
New chairman of the VELUX Group
After 36 years as chairman Lars Kann-Rasmussen has decided to retire from the boards of VKR Holding and VELUX A/S at the general meetings in March 2010. Jens Jørgen Madsen is nominated for succeeding him in VELUX A/S
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08-12-2009
The VELUX Group contributes greatly to race theme of sustainability
The VELUX Group is very pleased with the commitment of promoting sustainability during the next VELUX 5 OCEANS 2010-11.
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30-11-2009
Fast payback time on climate investments
The VELUX Group is ready to implement its ambitious climate strategy to cut CO2 emissions by 20% by 2012 – eight years before the EU target. Pre-studies have shown surprisingly fast payback time on several of the necessary climate investments.
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24-11-2009
VELUX House ready for COP15
Today, VELUX House was topped out. VELUX House will serve as the official exit building from the COP15 UN Climate Change Conference.
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12-11-2009
Old cultural centre gets daylight, fresh air and new energy
The inauguration of Osram Culture Centre, the City of Copenhagen’s energy renovation project of a cultural centre, takes place today.
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11-11-2009
VELUX Austria builds carbon-neutral single-family house
In the run-up to the Copenhagen Climate Conference, VELUX Austria is to erect Austria’s first ever carbon-neutral single-family house under the name of Sunlighthouse.
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02-11-2009
The VELUX Group Sponsors COP 15 Pavilion
The VELUX Group and the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs have signed a United Nations Climate Change Conference sponsorship agreement in Copenhagen. According to the agreement the VELUX Group will establish and operate the official conference exit.
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20-10-2009
A lighthouse for the climate just opened at the University of Copenhagen
Green Lighthouse is Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building
Denmark’s first public CO2-neutral building just opened. The new building, Green Lighthouse, was inaugurated on the 20th October 2009 and serves as an example in several ways.
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04-10-2009
Promising outlook for second title sponsorship of VELUX 5 OCEANS
With one year to race start the VELUX Group is pleased with the prospects of the event. Nine skippers have entered and sustainability will play key role.
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02-10-2009
The International VELUX Award 2010 is open for registration
The International VELUX Award 2010 is now open for registration. The Award challenges students of architecture worldwide to work with daylight in architecture under the overall theme “Light of Tomorrow”.
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09-09-2009
EU Commissioner visits Green Lighthouse
Wednesday, Andris Piebalgs, EU Commissioner for Energy, visited the ‘Green Lighthouse’ in Copenhagen. Mr. Piebalgs was given a guided tour of the building that will be handed over to Copenhagen University as a faculty building in October.
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08-09-2009
Nordic Climate Solutions 2009
When more than 1000 stakeholders within energy, transport and building meet the next two days, VELUX Group will be represented in two main conference discussions.
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08-09-2009
Joining forces for living in the city of the future
VELUX Germany signs the IBA Convention and cooperation on the concept house Model Home 2020.
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