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Living Places explores how to build homes with an ultra-low CO2 footprint and an optimal indoor climate using standard materials, methods and technologies available today. After testing Living Places Copenhagen for two months earlier this year, new data makes it clear that there is a strong correlation between a high-quality indoor climate and human well-being.

This year, Living Places Copenhagen has won the prestigious Danish Design Award 2024. The award has a new value-based focus and honours Living Places Copenhagen, developed by the VELUX Group, EFFEKT, Artelia and Enemærke & Petersen, as a pioneering example of design that creates positive change and addresses the major climate and health challenges we face today.

The VELUX Group becomes official partner of Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. These prestigious cycling events will put the leading global roof window maker in the spotlight as the VELUX brand will be on the backs of every rider. 

The VELUX Group has entered a 10-year agreement with ArcelorMittal concerning the supply of recycled and renewably produced steel. VELUX is now gradually increasing order intake so that by 2025, XCarb® will be used in several steel components for VELUX roof windows.

The first Living Places prototype outside of Denmark, the Smûk house, opens its doors in Dokkum, Friesland in the Netherlands. Her Majesty Queen Máxima visited the Smûk house as one of the first guests. The prototype is built by the Dutch house builder, Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma (BGDD), who entered a partner agreement on the Living Places concept with the VELUX Group in 2023.