The VELUX Group and Thylander in new partnership regarding the Living Places concept

The VELUX Group and Thylander enter a new partner agreement to accelerate the green transition of the Danish construction industry. With this agreement, Thylander is the first investor and developer in Denmark to work with the Living Places principles in future building projects. The plan is to build 500 new rental homes with a low CO2 footprint. 

 

The total climate footprint of the building and construction industry accounts for approximately 30% of Denmark's total CO2 emissions1. To further accelerate the green transition, it is therefore necessary to implement and scale new solutions with a lower carbon footprint. The aim of the new agreement between the VELUX Group and Thylander is precisely to accelerate the transition of the construction sector and offer low-emission homes with a healthy indoor climate to more Danes. 

 

“We are extremely pleased with the agreement with Thylander on the Living Places concept. When a major player like Thylander commits to building homes with a lower carbon footprint, it sends an important signal to the rest of the industry that there are already concrete solutions to the challenges we face. We look forward to following Thylander's work to implement the Living Places principles in their new rental homes,” says Tina Mayn, EVP for Products and Innovation in the VELUX Group.  

 

Living Places principles to be implemented in rental housing in Greater Copenhagen  

In 2023, Thylander launched its Build for Life fund, which aims to build attractive rental housing in Greater Copenhagen with high quality and good materials - and with a 30% lower carbon footprint than required by the Danish building regulations. The Living Places concept will play a significant role in the continued improvement of the fund’s new-built housing. The ambition is to build the new homes with inspiration from the five principles of the Living Places concept; that homes should be healthy, simple, flexible, scalable and strengthen the community. 

 

Thylander is already working on the project 'Gartnerhaven' in Hvidovre with 106 new rental homes and ‘Søagerhusene’ in Smørum with 105 new rental homes. The plan is to add further construction projects over the coming period. The ambition is to build more than 500 new rental homes based on the Living Places concept over the coming years. 

 

“We are proud to enter into this collaboration with VELUX, and we look forward to further developing our housing concept through the lessons learned from the Living Places concept. At Thylander, innovation is a crucial part of creating value for tenants and investors - there is simply a need for significant productivity improvements in the industry. The first step in the collaboration with VELUX is to use the Living Places principles to analyse past and existing projects to understand what can be improved, after which we can incorporate Living Places knowledge from start to finish in future projects,” says Jarl Greve, COO at Thylander. 

 

With the agreement, the VELUX Group shares analyses, calculations and simulations from Living Places as well as detailed information about the five principles behind the Living Places concept with Thylander.