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Whirlwind Roofing becomes a Certified VELUX Skylight Installer. Whirlwind Roofing brings more natural light and energy efficiency to tulsa-area homes. Homeowners considering a new roof now have another reason to look up. Whirlwind Roofing and Construction is proud to announce it is now a Certified VELUX Skylight Installer, offering homeowners throughout the Tulsa area professionally installed VELUX skylight systems that combine natural daylight, fresh air, energy efficiency, and industry-leading weather protection. Adding a skylight is one of the most dramatic ways to transform a home. Natural light can make rooms feel larger, brighter, and more inviting while improving ventilation and reducing the need for artificial lighting during the day. As a certified installer, Whirlwind Roofing helps homeowners choose the right skylight solution for their home, whether it's a fixed skylight, solar-powered venting skylight, or a Sun Tunnel(R) skylight for smaller interior spaces. "Skylights have come a long way over the years," says Brooke Laizure, co-owner of Whirlwind Roofing and Construction. "Many homeowners still picture old acrylic dome skylights that were prone to leaks or poor energy performance. Today's VELUX skylight systems are engineered as complete systems with precision flashing, energy-efficient glass, integrated shades, and exceptional warranties. As a Certified VELUX Installer and roofing expert, we recommend VELUX because they provide dependable, long-term protection our customers can trust." The best time to replace a skylight. While skylights can be installed on existing roofs, Whirlwind Roofing encourages homeowners to consider replacing aging skylights during a roof replacement project. Installing a new skylight while the roofing system is already being replaced eliminates the need for a second construction project, reduces labor costs, and ensures both the roof and skylight begin their service life together. Replacing older skylights gives homeowners access to modern features including: * Energy-efficient insulated glass * Solar-powered venting models * Factory-installed solar shades * Remote controls and smart-home compatibility * Improved weather protection through integrated flashing systems Why homeowners choose VELUX. For more than 80 years, VELUX has been recognized worldwide as a leader in skylight innovation. Every VELUX skylight system is engineered to work together, including the skylight, flashing, and accessories, helping create a watertight installation designed for long-term performance. Benefits of today's VELUX skylight systems include: * Bright, natural daylight that transforms interior spaces * Venting models that improve indoor air quality and comfort * Energy-efficient glass designed for year-round performance * Select models approved for use with IBHS FORTIFIED Roof(TM) construction * VELUX's trusted No Leak Promise and industry-leading installation warranty For homeowners looking to brighten interior bathrooms, closets, hallways, or other windowless spaces, VELUX Sun Tunnel(R) skylights offer a simple and cost-effective way to introduce natural daylight without major remodeling. Roofing expertise matters. Unlike companies that specialize only in skylights, Whirlwind Roofing approaches every installation as part of the home's complete roofing system. Proper integration of the skylight with roofing materials, flashing, ventilation, and waterproofing is critical to long-term performance. As experienced roofing contractors and Certified VELUX Installers, Whirlwind Roofing installs skylights according to manufacturer specifications while ensuring they work seamlessly with the entire roof system. "We believe a skylight should be something homeowners enjoy every day, not worry about every time it rains," Laizure said. "That's why we're excited to offer products we genuinely believe in and install them the right way." Homeowners planning a roof replacement or interested in adding more natural light to their homes are invited to visit Whirlwind Roofing's showroom to explore VELUX skylight options, compare products, and learn which system best fits their home and budget. About Whirlwind Roofing and Construction. Whirlwind Roofing and Construction is a family-owned roofing company based in Bixby, Oklahoma, serving homeowners throughout the Tulsa metropolitan area. The company specializes in residential roof replacement, roof repair, FORTIFIED Roof(TM) construction, impact-resistant roofing systems, skylights, ventilation improvements, and insurance restoration. As a Certified VELUX Installer and IBHS FORTIFIED-certified contractor, Whirlwind Roofing is committed to installing roofing systems that provide lasting beauty, superior performance, and peace of mind. Brooke Laizure is the co-owner of Whirlwind Roofing in Bixby, OK (Tulsa area), a local, family owned Fortified Home certified roofing contractor. Experience real customer service with friendly, high-quality roof repair, roof replacement, and storm damage restoration services. Contact information. Whirlwind Roofing 13402 S Memorial Dr Bixby, OK 74008

Reflections from UIA 2026 Barcelona about the Future of the built environment. In Collaboration Published on July 20, 2026 As the UIA World Congress of Architects 2026 came to a close in Barcelona, one message resurfaced across debates, exhibitions, talks, and conversations alike: the future of architecture will depend less on definitive answers than on the ability to accept change and collectively question established models. At this year's Congress, under the theme "Becoming. Architectures for a Planet in Transition," architecture was framed as an evolving practice shaped by interdisciplinary dialogue, research, and collaboration. Housing, resource consumption, climate adaptation, and public health emerged as interconnected challenges that no single project, profession, or institution can solve alone. Instead, many discussions focused on existing buildings as a shared resource and on renovation, adaptation, and reuse as opportunities to rethink how architecture responds to changing environmental and social conditions. As Mariona Benedito and Carmen Torres, part of the curatorial team of UIA 2026 Barcelona, explain: ArchDaily has attended lectures by the architects that ArchDaily admire, and ArchDaily, as creators in this congress, propose that ArchDaily learn something new. ArchDaily don't want to listen again to something ArchDaily know. And that's why ArchDaily is making a lot of the sessions debates between two or three people. ArchDaily need friction. ArchDaily want to pose questions. [...] One person working alone on this topic, it's impossible. [...] ArchDaily need to come together, ArchDaily need to discuss, ArchDaily need to find out how to address it in a collective way. These conversations also provided the setting for the introduction of Re:Living, a holistic renovation framework launched by the VELUX Group during the Congress. Building on the findings presented in the Green Paper The Housing ArchDaily Need for the Future ArchDaily Want, Re:Living explores how renovation can move from isolated projects toward a more structured and scalable approach centered on health, affordability, and sustainability. Like many conversations throughout the Congress, Green Paper and Re:Living leave room for continued debate, testing, and collaboration. Looking at existing buildings as future housing. Across Europe, the demand for housing continues to grow while much of the existing building stock remains underused, outdated, or inefficient. According to the Green Paper, approximately 85% of the buildings that Europe will rely on in 2050 have already been built, suggesting that the built environment already contains significant untapped potential. Developed in collaboration with ARTELIA, BPIE, RISE, and No Objectives, the Green Paper examines how Europe's existing building stock could help address interconnected housing, climate, energy, and health challenges. Drawing on large-scale research into the EU residential building stock, it estimates that renovation, adaptation, reuse, and better use of existing buildings could unlock between 50 and 107 million additional homes while reducing demand for new land, materials, and associated carbon emissions. Published as an invitation to policymakers, researchers, the building industry, and civil society, the Green Paper is intended to encourage discussion on how renovation can be scaled across Europe. Re:Living, developed together with DGJ Architektur and Transsolar, builds on this research by proposing a holistic framework for translating these ideas into practice through four stages: Re:Think, Re:Scope, Re:Design, and Re:Cover. Continuing the conversation. This emphasis on open discussion echoed the wider atmosphere of the Congress. Throughout the week, conversations repeatedly returned to the idea that architecture is shaped through exchange rather than certainty. Instead of presenting universal answers, many sessions encouraged debate across disciplines and perspectives on housing, climate, and urban transformation, all of which require collective responses. Several events organized alongside the Congress reflected this approach from different angles. During Architects, not Architecture (AnA), a global event series co-hosted by VELUX in Barcelona, speakers including Winy Maas from MVRDV, Xu Tiantian from DnA_Design and Architecture, and Arno Brandlhuber from bplus.xyz (b+) and HouseEurope! shifted the focus away from completed projects toward the experiences, influences, and ideas that inform architectural practice. Although each brought a distinct perspective, their conversations frequently returned to opportunities within existing buildings, focusing on reuse, minimal intervention, and transformation as central architectural concerns. As Arno Brandlhuber highlights: You can be successful without building a building. The next generation of architects joined the conversation through the Light of Tomorrow by VELUX student competition, organized in close collaboration with the International Union of Architects (UIA), in which eight finalist teams presented proposals exploring the role of daylight in architecture before an international jury, with the projects discussed through live critique. The winning proposal, Sun the Quilt by students from Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, chosen among 539 daylight projects, illustrates how everyday urban conditions can inspire new architectural responses through a careful integration of daylight, ventilation, and domestic acts. As jury member Níall McLaughlin describes: The architects have gone through a problem, gotten to the bottom of that problem, worked it through, and then made it into something that can live and thrive in the world. Together, these initiatives reflected a broader characteristic of this year's Congress. Whether through research, public debate, or student experimentation, architecture was consistently presented as a discipline that advances through shared inquiry. If Barcelona 2026 demonstrated anything, it was that architecture's most pressing questions cannot be addressed in isolation. The discussions surrounding circularity, housing, resource use, and existing buildings rarely concluded with definitive answers. Instead, they pointed toward ongoing processes of collaboration that extend beyond the duration of the Congress itself. Beyond the formal program, the event and the VELUX x Barcelona Exchange & Experience created a space for exchange between architects, students, researchers, industry leaders, and partners from around the world, through conversations, shared experiences, and encounters with Barcelona's own architectural fabric. The city itself became a backdrop for exploring how ideas around transformation, reuse, and healthier buildings can move from discussion into practice.

VELUX & LOTS Group launch electrification project. May 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM The VELUX Group, a Danish manufacturer of roof windows, and the LOTS Group, a subsidiary of the Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, have launched a collaboration to advance the electrification of logistics in VELUX's European transport network. The aim of the project is to develop a scalable model for the operation of battery electric vehicles (BEV) along a 1,250 km circular route, which is considered one of the longest BEV corridors in Europe. Pilot phase to evaluate feasibility. The collaboration began with a pilot phase at the beginning of 2026, aimed at assessing the operational and financial feasibility of BEV in selected transport flows. The LOTS Group utilizes an AI-driven logistics platform called Pathfinder to analyze routes, charging infrastructure, transport data, and operational constraints. Through scenario modeling and data analysis, the partners can evaluate various electrification strategies, reduce implementation risks, and develop practical plans for deployment. Søren Back Pedersen, Senior Director of Market Logistics and Procurement at VELUX, emphasizes the need to make transitions to low-emission transport both ambitious and practical. He states, "By combining the planning capabilities of LOTS Group with our own transport flows, we can assess how electric trucks can be integrated into our network while maintaining the required reliability and flexibility." Integration of AI and data analysis. Max Blatt, Managing Director of the LOTS Group, highlights that the initial pilot phase has allowed for the analysis of real logistics flows and evaluation of how electrification can work in practice. Based on these insights, the project is now being expanded to explore how AI-driven logistics planning, data, and electrified transport can help VELUX reduce emissions across the network. Nadia Møllebjerg, Senior Program Manager for Logistics and Sustainability at VELUX, points out that reducing emissions in the transport sector is a central component of the company's climate strategy. She explains, "By collaborating with LOTS Group, we can leverage real logistics data to better understand where electrification can create value and how it can be implemented to support both our sustainability goals and our operational performance." The VELUX Group pursues ambitious climate goals and actively seeks solutions for emission reduction across the entire value chain. With the collaboration with LOTS Group, the company aims to combine AI-driven logistics with electrified transport solutions to promote the long-term decarbonization of its European logistics activities. The partners aim to develop a scalable approach to the electrification of long-distance logistics by combining agent-based planning, operational data, and access to electric transport capacity, demonstrating how the transition to emission-free freight transport is already possible today.