The VELUX Group and the Danish housebuilder, HusCompagniet, have signed a knowledge-based partner agreement on the Living Places concept to help move the Danish construction industry in a more sustainable direction. The agreement builds on the experiences gained from the VELUX Group's Living Places project and is the first of its kind in Denmark.
The total carbon footprint of the construction industry accounts for approximately 30% of CO2 emissions in Denmark, of which 10% comes from the production of building materials and materials for the entire building and construction industry, including the construction of bridges, roads, renovation and new construction. Consequently, there is a need to implement and scale new solutions with a lower carbon footprint if the construction sector is to succeed in the green transition. The new partnership agreement between the VELUX Group and HusCompagniet is a good example of how partners across the construction sector join forces to realise this ambition.
'We have a clear ambition to disseminate the knowledge gained through the Living Places project and scale the principles to the general public. HusCompagniet is the largest house builder in the Nordics and an ideal partner for us because they share the vision of creating change through action, accelerating the green transition of the Danish construction industry. This collaboration is the first step towards Danish homeowners eventually being able to build a house based on the Living Places principles - and I am very excited about that,' says Anne Ramskov, Managing Director for VELUX Denmark.
'We do this because we believe that collaboration and knowledge are crucial to driving the development of future buildings in a more sustainable direction, while meeting and addressing today's needs. The agreement with VELUX is a long-term, strategically important collaboration, and our ambition is that in the long term we can implement several of the Living Places principles across our entire business in both the B2C and B2B markets,' says Martin Ravn-Nielsen, CEO of HusCompagniet.
The ambition behind the award-winning Living Places project is to inspire change and show that it is already possible to build with lower CO2 emissions and a better indoor climate at a scalable and affordable level. Living Places is based on five key principles; that homes should be healthy, simple, flexible, scalable, and empower communities.
With the agreement, the VELUX Group shares analyses, calculations, and simulations from Living Places as well as detailed information about the five principles with HusCompagniet. HusCompagniet will work to implement this knowledge in several future projects with the ambition of eventually offering homes with a first-class indoor climate and as low a carbon footprint as possible to Danish homeowners. Thus, the partner agreement is a long-term collaboration between the two parties, where the overall ambition is to push sustainable development and translate insights from the Living Places project to homes for the general Danish population.
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