Light is essential for life

At an event hosted by EY and the Danish Chamber of Commerce in Copenhagen, Denmark, the VELUX Group was awarded EY’s prestigious Sustainability Award in the Innovation category for Living Places.

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 develop furniture for lounge areas where festival-goers can relax at Roskilde Festival.

Could future festival equipment be made from coffee bags, mushrooms or ropes? Through the Sustainability Challenge, The VELUX Group, IDA and Roskilde Festival called on students to design festival furniture using only recyclable materials. 

The flat-roof windows used in non-residential buildings won the globally prestigious award for outstanding product design quality. VELUX Modular Rooflights are manufactured by VELUX Commercial, a division of the VELUX Group which was established in 2019, and comprises the former JET, Vitral and VELUX Modular Skylights organisations. 

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 projects in Viet Nam and Madagascar will contribute significantly to the capture of the Group’s historical emissions from operations.