The collective awareness about the importance of environmental protection implies the necessity for avant-garde companies of making their instruments of processes management transparent and reliable, in order to project on the outward a company image of sensitivity regarding this issue.
A System of Environmental Management is the set of steps taken by the Direction in order to set going its own operational structure along with a responsible environmental behaviour.
It is, therefore, an integrated managing system whose processes and operational procedures, carried out by adequately trained personnel with definite responsibilities, aim at working out its environmental policy.
Considering that systems of environmental management are voluntary instruments not imposed by any law, but regulated by special norms that point out which requirements these systems must have, Verolux S.r.l.’s necessity was to obtain an external acknowledgement, that is a certification that would give it a higher credibility within its competitive operating field.
Thinking that environmental care has some costs for the producer is surely spontaneous and legitimate, but nothing is wronger than that.
The realization of a system of environment care, indeed, is not just an expense.
Many, in fact, are the “environmental” benefits to get, and, among these, let us consider the following:

• reduction of the costs related to environmental aspects;

• reduction of environmental risks;

• managing resolution of mandatory environmental normative fulfilments;

• utilization of potentials of energy and raw materials saving;

• economic benefit from the increase of internal efficiency and personnel motivation;

• reduction of accident risks.

Consequently, the benefits for a firm that adopts the ISO 14000 standard are plentiful; among them, for example, let us consider the following:

• strengthened and documented control of the respect for the law;

• higher contractual capacity (protection or increase of market shares);

• improved relationships with investors, insurance companies, etc;

• improved internal relationships (employees, etc.) and external ones (local communities, etc.);

• image benefits and competitive advantages;

• opening up of new markets.

The field of shutters production is going through a phase of numerous changes as regards regulations. In particular, with respect to CE marking (in accordance with the 89/106 “Building Products” regulation).
Specifically, the UNI EN 13659:2004 norm (connected to the putting into practice the 89/106 “Building Products” regulation). Specifically, the UNI EN 13659:2004 norm regulates the performance requirements of shutters, for which the CE marking is compulsory since April 1, 2006.
Verolux S.r.l. has been among the first companies to accomplish this marking, timely complying with the law.
The rule assimilated in Italy only considers wind resistance as a necessary requirement in order to obtain the CE marking. Verolux S.r.l. therefore made the required tests on its own, profiting from the advice of a specialized company for this activity.
The marking obtained is exclusively applied to the completely assembled roller shutter.
Any other kind of certification with reference to a single accessory or a single profile is groundless and devoid of validity.
After these technical tests, as required by law, we have produced the documentation to supply the end user, that is:

• declaration of conformity
• sticker label for the shutter
• usage and maintenance handbook

• assembly and installation handbook.

Download here the text drafted by Unione Nazionale Costruttori Serramenti Alluminio Acciaio Leghe (National Association of Aluminium and Steel Frame Producers), which carefully displays the provisions of the law on this subject.
For further information on this body of legislation please contact Verolux S.r.l. offices, where you will receive comprehensive information.

All human activities, from production to transportation of goods, from generation to consumption of energy, have an inevitable influence on environment. It is a kind of impact that cannot be cut down to zero, yet it can be contained and lightened adopting adequate measures. A fundamental challenge is represented by the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere, whose growth, due to progress and development and subsequently to the increasing utilization of fossil fuel, is changing the composition of the atmosphere generating serious climatic alterations. In the light of these considerations, the international community is trying to reach agreements in order to contrast such alterations.
There may be different ways to achieve this goal but the purpose is only one: “to reduce greenhouse gases” and in particular emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) that constitute its most relevant portion.
Concerning this, Verolux S.r.l. selected as its new strategic target the strengthening of its own commitment towards the environment in the production context of aluminium and steel roller shutters and box systems.
The UNI EN ISO 14001:2004 environmental certification has been the first goal Verolux s.r.l. has reached.
Subsequently our company decided to subscribe with ENEL a contract for “PURE ENERGY” to grant the utilization of energy exclusively coming from renewable sources.
As a fact, starting from April 2007, Verolux s.r.l. has been manufacturing all its products employing the above mentioned energy sources in complete respect of nature.
Our company is proud to expose the brand Enel gave us following this subscription.
But the ambition of Verolux goes further: in fact it has realized on its own a *30KW photovoltaic power station inside its facilities.
With this investment Verolux s.r.l. intends to give a strong contribution to environmental care hoping that this undertaking may touch everyone’s sensibility.

*A photovoltaic plant is made up of a set of instruments that consent to transform solar energy directly into electric energy. Electric energy production plants have several advantages, among many the most relevant are:

• absence of any kind of polluting emission;

• saving up on fossil combustibles;

• extreme reliability having no mobile parts (service life longer than 25 years);

• maintenance costs reduced to the minimum;

• modularity of system (in order to increase its size it is only necessary to add up to the number of parts).

The primary objective of consolidating the Verolux S.r.l. brand in Italy and worldwide persuaded the top-management of the company to realize a program of internal certifications in order to exalt both the characteristics of our products and the goals reached by our company in the matter of environmental care in the broadest sense of the word.
This initiative is aimed at touching the sensivity of customers, suppliers, and more generally all the stakeholders in order to obtain a series of competitive and image benefits within the market in which it operates.
These certifications are marked by labels, each one with a definite meaning.

	Energy saving: this label characterizes a product that consents to benefit of energy saving using the thermal bridge interruption that reduce cold/warm transmittance from the internal to the external environment.
	Recyclable materials: this label defines a product composed of recyclable materials (aluminium for roller shutters is 100% and endlessly recyclable, and also polyrethane can be re-used, through specific cycles of regeneration).
	Drop-off in polluting emissions: having been certified, the company must have complete control over polluting emissions, that in our case are practically null.
	Utilization of clean energy: this symbol distinguishes a product entirely realized with energy obtained through renovable sources.
	Health Care: this label identifies the way the factory cares about the health of the personnel employed (which is also binding to the norms of certification, whose achievement is a synonymous with guarantee).
	Certified Company: this means that our company has been certified by qualified corporation; specifically, the certification authority is CERTIQUALITY.
	Economic advantage: this means that a high quality product marked with these labels is within the reach of everybody (everyone can afford it).

The Verolux s.r.l group is equipped with a Ethical Code which defines the set of the values one recognize in, which shares and accepts, in the development of the enterprise activities. The concepts and the dispositions contained in the code constitute the diligence obligations, correctness and loyalty that it qualifies the working performances and the behaviour in the working environment from administrator and all people are in connexion from working relationships with the company. The Ethical Code is developed on four levels:

• The general ethical princes who gather the entrepreneurial mission and the most correct way of realizing it;

• The ethical rules for the enterprise relations with the various stakeholder;

• The ethical behaviour standards;

• The putting into effect tools and the internal sanctions for the violation for the rules of the code.

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