About VELUX
VELUX has a long history of fulfilling consumer desires for natural light and ventilation, going all the way back to our founding in Denmark back in 1941.
Established in 1975, VELUX America is a branch of the VELUX Group charged with marketing and selling VELUX roof windows and skylights in the US. VELUX has been providing daylight and fresh air to people worldwide for over 60 years.
To find out more about VELUX America, browse through this section. To find out more about the VELUX Group, visit the VELUX International website.
The company beginnings were out of necessity. After the devastation of WWII, there was a tremendous lack of housing and commercial space throughout Europe.
The VELUX founder, Mr. Villum Kann Rasmussen, saw an opportunity to provide more space by bringing natural light and air into attic spaces through the roof. This idea led to the design of the first roof windows, which were initially used to convert unused attics into classrooms.
From those early beginnings, VELUX has expanded throughout the world by providing ways to convert unusable space into the best room in the house.
And today, VELUX operates companies in over 40 countries around the globe, including in the US.
VELUX first came to the US in 1975, with the creation of the first VELUX overseas sales and marketing company, VELUX America Inc. This was followed in 1978 by the establishment of VELUX Greenwood Inc, the manufacturing center of VELUX products sold in the US, Canada, Japan, Australia and other countries. In 2001, VELUX Solutions Inc was created to oversee the proper installation and servicing of VELUX products in the US.
Together, VELUX America, VELUX Greenwood and VELUX Solutions bring the benefits of daylight and fresh air into the spaces where people live, work and enjoy themselves.
Environmental policy
VELUX develops, manufactures and markets products that provide and control daylight and fresh air in buildings. Our activities involve the procurement and processing of natural resources. This places upon us a direct obligation towards the environment. While upholding our tradition of quality and craftsmanship, built over more than half a century, and conducting our business in a profitable manner, we will continually assess and develop our environmental efforts.
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Design our products so that their environmental impact during manufacture, use and disposal is diminished.
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Use raw materials, water and energy efficiently in order to diminish our effect on the environment.
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Reduce emissions, waste and discharges from our activities.
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Maintain high standards of safety at work for our employees and encourage sound attitudes toward the environment in our field of activities.
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Cooperate with our suppliers, customers and other business partners to achieve higher environmental standards.
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Remain alert to new opportunities enhancing the environmental soundness of our products and manufacturing methods beyond what is generally expected.
January 1997