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VELUX Provide healthy workspaces

We spend a large part of our lives at work. It is paramount that we provide comfortable and healthy workspaces. Working to create a healthy indoor climate is a key part of our DNA, and this focus also applies to our own buildings.

In all building renovations, we have a special focus on ensuring daylight and fresh air to support the health and well-being of our employees who work there.

Woman working by window

Natural light in the workplace

Alongside temperature and air quality, daylight has been shown to positively impact the working environment and even improve performance in line with the amount of daylight. It also creates a more pleasant and enjoyable working environment, which has been shown to considerably reduce absenteeism.

Read more in the Healthy Homes Barometer 2022
Sources: 13 H. Juslén, 2007, Helsinki University of Technology, “Lighting , Productivity and Preferred Illuminances - Field Studies in the Industrial Environment” 14 AT Kearney, 2015, LightingEurope, ZVEI, “Quantified benefits of Human Centric Lighting” 15 P. R. Mills, et al., 2007, Journal of Circadian Rhythms Volume 5, “The effect of high correlated colour temperature office lighting on employee well-being and work performance”