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VELUX Modular Skylights Designed in cooperation with Foster + Partners VELUX Modular Skylights Designed in cooperation with Foster + Partners

Ridgelight 40o fitted with roller blinds in SIEMENS Headquater, Ballerup, Denmark. Front cover: Longlight 5° in The Nemef Building, Apeldoorn, Netherlands. Bringing light to life with the VELUX Group Reinventing the commercial skylight More than 70 years of research and development has made the VELUX Group market leader in roof windows. The time has come to use our experience on a bigger scale. Introducing a unique design, a new material and even better energy performance. The new VELUX Modular Skylights are changing the rules of commercial skylights. Daylight and fresh air are essential...

VELUX Modular Skylights The one module that offers all the benefits of a truly modular system VELUX Modular Skylights are based on three key advantages VELUX Modularity sums up the benefits of A complete skylight system 8 having a complete product system with 100% One module design for all solutions _ _ 10 prefabricated components, one single module Size grid 11 design and an innovative installation principle 100% prefabrication for perfect quality control 12 that ensures fast and easy installation. Intelligent design equals fully integrated Designed in cooperation with Foster + Partners _...

VELUX Modularity Ridgelight 40o in SIEMENS Headquater, Ballerup, Denmark. For decades skylights have been designed and installed with components that need to be customized for each specific building's design. Glazing and profiles being delivered on separate pallets, muddled installation procedures that keep the building open to the elements and vulnerable for weeks. It has never been a straightforward task. VELUX Modular Skylights is an entirely different story. With a fully prefabricated modular concept comes a single module system. All essential components are created, tested and...

VELUX Modularity A complete skylight system Benefits All components are designed in exact accordance to the overall system. In our controlled production facilites we monitor all aspects to ensure a perfect fit and assembly. A unique bracket system with a simple clamp design guarantees a predictable installation process, this makes it possible to fit an entire module within minutes. High level of functionality Perfect system fit Easy installation

Fixed modules Size grid 900 Size grid Size grid Smoke ventilation One module design for all solutions Comfort ventilation VELUX Modularity Ridgelight at 5° with Beam * Not available with triple glazing * Extra long modules for longlight and northlight. Constructed with an extra strong glazing unit Benefits Based on a one-module design specifying the desired solution becomes much simpler, ensuring a safer and more transparent design process. Extensive design options Easy specification

VELUX Modularity 100% prefabrication for perfect quality control Pyrotechnical testing. Glazing unit and profile are able to sustain more than 900° C for at least 30 minutes Tested in Northern Europe’s largest wind tunnel with gusts reaching a full 30 M/S (storm). Tested for the effect of unwanted electromagnetic fields, interference, radio waves and noise in Northern Europe’s only audio centre. Benefit All components used within VELUX Modular Skylights are prefabricated and require no processing on site. Therefore, following installation your entire solution will replicate the exact...

Intelligent Design Ridgelight 5o in the ATP building, Vordingborg, Denmark– closed modules. Most contemporary skylights reveal the difficulty of creating a true minimalistic design with few obtrusive components. Actuators for ventilation and sunscreening often stick out and spoil the view. VELUX Modular Skylights have overcome this Ridgelight 5o in the ATP building, Vordingborg, Denmark – open modules. challenge by creating a totally integrated modular design, inserting actuators into the sash as well as creating a simpler sunscreening application. The result is a classic yet modern...

Intelligent Design Designed in cooperation with Foster + Partners Foster + Partners Headquarters The joint expert team from the two companies used the London Headquarters of Foster + Partners in designing the concept. VELUX Modular Skylights was developed in close cooperation with the renowned architects from Foster + Partners. Together we have created an intelligent design that meets all international standards and requirements for commercial building. This is our contribution in terms of pushing the prefabrication of sophisticated building elements forward. Paul Kalkhoven Senior partner...

Intelligent Design Fully integrated ventilation and sunscreening Slim profiles and a flush exterior surface ensures an elegant look. Ventilation and sunscreening components are subtly integrated within the skylight design. Actuators for venting modules and roller blinds are concealed in the slim profiles, meaning there is no visual difference to distinguish between fixed and venting modules. Chain actuators for venting modules are fully concealed. What you draw is precisely what you get. Internal blinds add to the minimalism with a “floating” design. Ultra small motor hidden inside the...

Material Performance With low-energy glazing units VELUX Modular Skylights offer one of the lowest overall U-values for frame and glazing assembly on the market. 1.4 W/m2K with a standard double-glazing unit and only 1.0 W/m2K with a standard triple-glazing unit for both fixed and venting modules. Furthermore, a life-cycle assessment shows that VELUX Modular Skylights offer a better environmental profile than traditional aluminium skylights, due to a better overall energy performance.

Material Performance A new framing material made from pultruded fibreglass and polyurethane Thermal conductivity (W/mk) – A low score means high insulation performance Profiles used for VELUX Modular Skylights consist of an extremely low-conductive pultruded fibreglass and polyurethane composite. VELUX composite Pine wood Linear expansion coefficient (10-6 m/m K) – A low score means high thermal stability Whereas traditional skylight materials are bound to change form due to thermal fluctuations, the composite of VELUX Modular Skylights will maintain its dimensional properties, prolonging...