Velux

VELUX A / S is a Danish manufacturers of building products with headquarters in Hørsholm, north of Copenhagen, and VELUX is also registered trademark and trade name of the product. The VELUX Group specializes in roof windows, skylights, window constructions for flat roofs, solar panels for solar thermal, solar protection solutions for indoor and outdoor installation of roof windows and the motor drives used for this purpose.

Company Profile

VELUX was founded in 1941 by Villum Kann Rasmussen and is now in its market one of the most famous brands in the world. Production takes place in eleven countries and agencies worldwide there in almost 40 countries. The VELUX Group has about 14,000 employees and reported 2007 global revenues of EUR 2.3 billion and profit after tax amounted to 189 million euros. CEO Jørgen Tang -Jensen. VELUX is part of VKR Holding A / S.

The production of VELUX 18001 (Health and Safety, 2005) certified according to ISO 9001 (Quality, 2004), ISO 14001 ( Environment, 2004) and OHSAS.

The name comes from the words VELUX Ventilation and Lux, the Latin word for 'light'.

Products

In addition to roof windows ( hung window, folding hung window, additional elements, balcony and terrace, exit windows, special applications, light tunnel ) VELUX is also in the areas of installation products ( flashings, installation products ), skylights, flat roofs, solar, sun protection & Shutters ( Markisette, exterior shutters, roller blind, venetian blinds, roller blind, roman blind, roller insect screen ) is active. The roof windows are either made ​​of wood ( Nordic pine, multiply glued ) or plastic ( layer-glued wood core or thermo wood, coated and coated ) were prepared.

VELUX combined toughened safety glass with laminated safety glass. Toughened safety glasses protect be used for fall protection, especially against hail and snow pressure during laminated safety glasses. VELUX roof windows are made of 2 × 3 mm laminated safety glass interior and from 4 mm toughened safety glass exterior.

Cooperations

Since January 1, 2012 VELUX cooperates with the heating technology manufacturer Viessmann. Together they worked on highly efficient solar thermal systems. Heating engineering and solar technology to be better networked to provide optimum product solutions.

MSR Electronic developed specifically for VELUX electrical and solar windows, a sensor technology for air quality control. A humidity sensor checks the moisture content of the air. Too high humidity the windows will open automatically as long as until the room adequately supplied with fresh dry air. Then close the window automatically. An integrated rain sensor prevents opening the window in the rain to avoid water damage.

Areas of application

Depending on your preference VELUX offers a wide variety of applications to at skylights. Window with a View: The decisive factor here is the roof pitch of 15 percent. The window length will depend on the slope (the larger the inclination or the roof higher, the smaller the window). Skylight Skylight window take on the skylight in the ceiling and perform two functions, namely exposure and ventilation. Window Installation Tile: These include support rafter and twin flashing.