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About the company

The core activity of VELUX STIFTUNG is to promote research projects in various fields, particularly in the areas of daylight research, forestry, healthy ageing and ophthalmology. The foundation supports researchers and projects that aim to gain new insights and disseminate them in a way that has a positive impact on society.

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Funding of Research Projects
Funding for external research projects in the areas of Daylight Research, Healthy Ageing, Ophthalmology and Forestry; typically for one to four years with project costs of around CHF 100'000 per year.
Daylight Research
Funding for interdisciplinary research on natural daylight, with seed projects and research projects on Future Solar Societies, Daylight and Global Health, as well as Daylight in Urban Planning.
Forestry
Funding for solution-oriented research on climate change, biodiversity and forest products; supports research projects and science-practice projects for sustainable forest management.
Healthy Ageing
Funding for research on healthy ageing and health-promoting environments; focus on functional ability, healthspan and environmental factors in old age.
Ophthalmology
Funding for research to reduce vision impairment and blindness in low- and middle-income countries; focus on institutional research capacity.
Daylight Academy
Interdisciplinary platform for exchange and collaboration in the field of Daylight Research; developed from a workshop series and supported by the foundation.
The Daylight Award
Award to raise awareness of the importance of daylight, established together with Danish sister foundations.
Trust & reputation

ranQ Trust Score of Velux Stiftung: 4.1 out of 5.0

Trust Score4.1/ 5.0

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Data basis 100% · As of October 2026

Velux Stiftung scores 61.5 out of 100 points in the Reputation area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 42% of the weighting.
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  • Review quality: The average rating across all connected sources, smoothed against the industry mean. So 5.0 stars from three reviews do not outrank 4.7 from three hundred.66.724%
  • Review volume: The number of reviews across all sources. The scale is logarithmic: the first reviews count the most, and the maximum is reached at 50 reviews.27.910%
  • Review recency: The age of the most recent review. Two-year-old reviews deliberately sit in the middle, because that is normal for Swiss SMEs. Only after three years without a new voice does the value drop markedly.88.08%
Velux Stiftung scores 88.6 out of 100 points in the Substance area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 28% of the weighting.
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  • Establishment: Years since founding or brand launch, logarithmic. The maximum is reached at 15 years.100.012%
  • Company size: The headcount band, researched by ranQ or stated by the company. It is scored in steps rather than by head count, because the data only provides bands.70.07%
Velux Stiftung scores 86.7 out of 100 points in the Identity area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 22% of the weighting.
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  • Verification: Official register entry (commercial register with UID or professional-body record, 55 points), confirmed domain (20 points) and confirmed ranQ profile (up to 25 points, depending on completeness).86.722%
Velux Stiftung scores 50.0 out of 100 points in the Visibility area of the ranQ Trust Score. This area carries 8% of the weighting.
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  • Website authority: Ahrefs' Domain Rating measures, on a scale of 0 to 100, how strongly a website is linked from other websites. For Swiss SMEs the range up to 40 is typical; the maximum is reached at 35.100.04%
  • Media authority: Quality and number of editorial mentions, weighted by the importance of the source, plus the recency of the latest high-quality mention.0.04%
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Velux Stiftung reaches a ranQ Trust Score of 4.1 out of 5.0 — rated «High». The rating draws, among other things, on 4.5 out of 5 stars from 2 customer reviews. As of October 2026.

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January 20, 2012Media
Tageslicht-Award 2012 Verleihung anlässlich der Swissbau 2012
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Location

Kirchgasse 42
8001 Zurich

At a glance

Legal form
Foundation
UID
CHE-101.877.236
Founded
2003 · 23 years
Last commercial register change
May 4, 2026
Employees
11 to 20
Legal form: Graded by liability and disclosure. The weight is kept small: a sole proprietorship is not a dubious company, it is just liable differently.
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  • Branch offices: Branch offices linked in the commercial register. Having none is normal and costs no points.70.03%
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