Day: September 21, 2021

• The VELUX Group has selected Schneider Electric to build accelerated decarbonization strategy to enable fast delivery on Lifetime Carbon Neutral commitment
• Extended partnership builds on previously announced renewable energy advisory services

Rueil-Malmaison (France), September 21 2021 – The VELUX Group, the world leader in roof windows and skylights, and Schneider Electric, the global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced that the companies have executed a new extended partnership agreement. The agreement will enable the VELUX Group to reach its company carbon neutral goal by 2030 and accelerate its plans to be Lifetime Carbon Neutral in response to an increasing need to proactively address climate change.

Building on the announcement made earlier this year that Schneider Electric will help VELUX source the equivalent of 100% renewable electricity by 2023 to achieve its RE100 target, under the new agreement, Schneider Electric will develop a global program detailing zero-carbon action plans for each of the VELUX Group’s factory sites to successfully reduce their energy use and scale renewable capacity.

“We, collectively – corporations, governments, and society – must do more to address the climate crisis and reduce our carbon emissions, and we must move faster,” said Jörn Neubert, Senior Vice President of Supply, the VELUX Group. “The VELUX Group is removing operational barriers – and we’ve established a significant, dedicated climate budget – to increase and prioritize our climate strategy and ambitions. We selected Schneider Electric as our partner in this journey because of our shared values and Schneider’s ability to help us develop and realize an accelerated global program. Our partnership will ensure that we move as quickly as possible.”

The broadened focus of the partnership will further the VELUX Group’s ambition to be 100% carbon neutral (scope 1 and 2) by 2030 – decades ahead of other corporate targets – and Lifetime Carbon Neutral by the Group’s 100-year anniversary in 2041. This pioneering commitment means the Group has committed to capture its historical carbon footprint, reduce its future carbon emissions in line with and beyond the prevailing climate science behind the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C scenario, and partner with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) on forest conservation projects around the world. The VELUX Group is also working to halve carbon emissions across its value chain (scope 3) by 2030.

“It is our honor to be selected by the VELUX Group as their carbon neutrality partner,” said Christel Heydemann, EVP, Europe Operations, Schneider Electric. “Accelerated climate action is essential for us to avoid the worst impacts of global warming. We know it’s possible – today – to reach a 1.5°C warming scenario through proven decarbonization solutions like resource efficiency, onsite and offsite renewable energy procurement, and quality carbon credits and offsets. We commend the VELUX Group for recognizing the urgency of climate change, accelerating their climate ambitions, and setting the gears in motion to reach net-zero well before 2050.”

The three-year partnership includes all VELUX factory sites. Schneider Electric – recognized last January as the world’s most sustainable corporation by the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index – will develop a global decarbonization program, including the following:

• Energy assessment of all VELUX Group factory sites resulting in the development and implementation of zero-carbon action plans.
• Support of VELUX Group’s Energy Excellence program in accordance with ISO50001, improving energy efficiency activities and expanding onsite renewable heating and electricity capacity to phase out fossil fuels.
• Implementation of a global monitoring system through Schneider Electric’s EcoStruxure™ Resource Advisor to measure and analyze energy usage.

VELUX will pilot the zero-carbon action plans at two of the company’s top energy-consuming plants, which represent approximately 25% of all energy used in VELUX production: JTJ Sonneborn Industrie GmbH in Germany and NM Polska Sp. z o.o. in Poland. Significant investments will be made at these sites to convert to renewable heating sources by installing heat pumps powered by green electricity and using wood waste from certified (FSC/PEFC) forests produced on site. VELUX will also invest in onsite solar photovoltaic energy installations and continue to improve the sites’ energy efficiency by optimizing supply systems, production processes and energy management.

For media inquiries, please contact Kathrine Westermann, Senior Media Relations Manager, kathrine.westermann@velux.com

About the VELUX Group

For the past 80 years, the VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product program includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 40 countries and around 11,500 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2020, VKR Holding had total revenue of DKK 22.6 billion and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 142 million in charitable grants.

For more information about VELUX Group, visit velux.com.

About Schneider Electric

Schneider’s purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all. We call this Life Is On.

Our mission is to be your digital partner for Sustainability and Efficiency.

We drive digital transformation by integrating world-leading process and energy technologies, end-point to cloud connecting products, controls, software and services, across the entire lifecycle, enabling integrated company management, for homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries.

We are the most local of global companies. We are advocates of open standards and partnership ecosystems that are passionate about our shared Meaningful Purpose, Inclusive and Empowered values.

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Anaqua’s AQX platform to help global medical products group protect and optimize its valuable IP portfolios

LONDON, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Anaqua, the leading innovation and intellectual property management technology provider, today announced that global medical products and technologies group ConvaTec will use Anaqua’s AQX platform to help more effectively manage their valuable patent and trademark portfolios.

The agreement further strengthens Anaqua’s position in the medical solutions markets, with a growing number of clients from these sectors collaborating with Anaqua as their preferred IP management provider.

With operations in more than 100 countries, ConvaTec is a global medical and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence care, critical care, and infusion care. ConvaTec products provide a range of clinical and economic benefits including infection prevention, protection of at-risk skin, improved patient outcomes and reduced total cost of care.

Christina Allegrini, Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Global Head of Intellectual Property at ConvaTec, said: “Our company vision is to pioneer trusted medical solutions to improve the lives we touch. As part of this, one of our key strategic pillars is to innovate in our work and solutions, supported by increased investment in R&D. Therefore, it is critically important that we manage our innovation and IP effectively and efficiently – and Anaqua will help ensure we do that.”

ConvaTec will use Anaqua’s AQX platform for patent and trademark management, annuities and renewals (in conjunction with Anaqua Services), and patent analytics through integration with Anaqua’s AcclaimIP.

Bob Romeo, CEO of Anaqua, said: “We are proud to be working with and supporting ConvaTec, a company driven by innovation to better serve people around the world in need of advanced medical care. For our part, we look forward to helping ConvaTec protect their innovation and IP management needs. We are also delighted to add another global company to our growing portfolio of clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.”

About Anaqua
Anaqua, Inc. is a premium provider of integrated intellectual property (IP) management technology solutions and services. Anaqua’s AQX platform combines best practice workflows with big data analytics and tech-enabled services to create an intelligent environment designed to inform IP strategy, enable IP decision-making, and streamline IP operations. Today, nearly half of the top 100 U.S. patent filers and global brands, as well as a growing number of law firms worldwide use Anaqua’s solutions. Over one million IP executives, attorneys, paralegals, administrators, and innovators use the platform for their IP management needs. The company’s global operations are headquartered in Boston, with offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia. For additional information, please visit anaqua.com, or on LinkedIn.

About ConvaTec
ConvaTec is a global medical products and technologies company focused on therapies for the management of chronic conditions, with leading market positions in advanced wound care, ostomy care, continence and critical care, and infusion care. Headquartered in the UK, the company has operations in more than 100 countries and almost 10,000 employees worldwide. ConvaTec products provide a range of clinical and economic benefits including infection prevention, protection of at-risk skin, improved patient outcomes and reduced total cost of care. To learn more about ConvaTec, please visit convatecgroup.com.

Company Contact: Amanda Hollis Associate Director, Communications Anaqua 617-375-2626 ahollis@Anaqua.com

PORVOO, Finland, Sept. 21, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lamor Corporation provides Reverse Osmosis-systems for brackish and seawater treatment.

Finland has been one of the leading countries in cruise vessel  construction for decades, and various large cruise companies such as Royal Caribbean, TUI and Carnival have purchased their vessels from Finnish shipyards. For years cruise line companies have been concerned about fuel consumption and recently this has extended to their CO2 footprint. Now this same trend has reached aquaculture.

Finnish companies who have delivered Reverse Osmosis (RO) systems to cruise vessels have been forced to pay exceptional attention to the systems’ energy efficiency. Modern RO technology has changed rapidly in terms of process design during the past 10 years and the development of the energy recovering units have also brought some variables to the equation.

In simplified terms it can be said that currently there are two types of energy recovery units in the market. The first energy recovery device (ERD) developed – which is still available – was the turbo-type unit which collected reject water and spun a turbine. The compression turbine made the pressure increase to the membrane inlet water. A few years later a Danish company developed an ERD-unit which also uses the reject water pressure to increase the inlet water pressure, but this process happens through a pressure exchanger.

Energy efficiency can also be increased by methods other than equipment. Of course, friction losses in the pipelines and the pumps play a significant role but even better results can be achieved with intelligent process design. By selecting the membrane quantities according to the actual need, fine tuning the produced water quality and calculating all the key elements together, the energy consumption can be minimized. These same principles also apply to aquaculture and the same know-how can be adapted to live fish carriers.

But how does intelligent process design and equipment selections affect operating costs? The simple math shows that by reducing energy consumption by 1 kW/produced cubic metre, the average sized live fish carrier operator could save about 100,000 USD and 350 Tons of CO2 annually.

Easy and flawless operation is one of our strengths, and the developed automation software and user interface guarantees a stress-free operation experience for the users. Our reverse osmosis systems can provide you with fresh water safely, efficiently, economically and reliably.

Modern pre-treatment methods enable the extended lifetime of the RO membranes. We have collected the data from the systems and serviced our equipment for years. By providing this information to our development team we create even better solutions. This operation model has been the cornerstone of our development and provides the easy and flawless operation our customers enjoy today.

Lamor also offers a wide variety of other cost-efficient, customizable water treatment, oil spill response, and waste management solutions worldwide. Learn more about our solutions at lamor.com and contact us today for a personal quote.

Communications: Iryna Besarab – iryna.besarab@lamor.com

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