Undine Stricker-Berghoff

Undine Stricker-Berghoff is the owner of ProEconomy, a Luebeck- Travemuende, Germany-based engineering office through which she works as a coach and consultant for management and marketing mainly in energy and building services. From 2008 until 2013, she was the managing director of VFA-Interlift e.V. in Hamburg, Germany. She studied Mechanical Engineering at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany, and, immediately after graduation, worked as an energy consultant for ERPAG in Lugano, Switzerland, and Campione, Italy. Prior to joining VFA-Interlift, Stricker-Berghoff worked for VDI, the Association of German Engineers in Duesseldorf, Germany, as secretary for Building Services, and was in charge of the VDI-Standards department. She also served one term as director general for the Luebeck Chamber of Commerce and Industry. She has operated ProEconomy since 2005.

From R&D to Application

Roadmap used by KONE for its DX line of elevators offers guidelines for the process. KONE’s DX — “Digital Experience” — elevators, available since January 2020 (ELEVATOR WORLD Middle East,...

A Prototype Robot Named “Heidi”

Your author learns about new technologies at Schindler. photos courtesy of Schindler Your author (USB) recently spoke to Christian Studer (CS) of Schindler in Switzerland about R&D at Schindler and...

Elevator Technology in the Time of the Coronavirus

Standards-focused Heilbronn Lift Days has hundreds turn out despite early pandemic effect. Due to the first signs of the coronavirus pandemic, only about 200 of the 300 registered participants attended...

Noise Abatement

Stuttgart scientists study sound in buildings, but full-fledged testing of elevators has yet to commence. Your author (USB) recently asked Professor Berndt Zeitler, Professor Heinz-Martin Fischer and Dr. Jochen Scheck...

Einstein Elevator

Earthbound test platform promises zero-gravity research. Your author (USB) recently spoke with Professor Dr.-Ing. Ludger Overmeyer (LO) and Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Lotz (CL), Leibniz University of Hanover in Germany, Institute of...

Steady Growth

German elevator/escalator market shows upgrade. The German elevator and escalator industry holds a strong third place in Europe, and is showing steady growth. It is embedded within a German economy...

Hanover Fair in Germany

Global companies and SMEs display products with many technological innovations. The Hanover Fair in Hanover, Germany, is the world’s largest industrial fair and Industry-4.0 platform. (The term “Industry 4.0,” or...

CAUTION URGED AFTER FATAL ESCALATOR FALL IN CANADA

Caution Urged After Fatal Escalator Fall in Canada

One of the new elevators; image courtesy of MTA

Modern Elevator Provides Two ADA Units for Brooklyn Station

AZERBAIJANI-CHINESE VT FACTORY TO LAUNCH IN AZERBAIJAN

Azerbaijani-Chinese VT Factory in Azerbaijan

Elevators were installed in wooden shafts using a certified, high-efficiency assembly method; image courtesy of Schindler.

Schindler Provides 32 Elevators for New Berlin Schools

Biodiverse plan for 1 Silk Street; image courtesy of SOM

1980s London Buildings to Make Way for New Tower Plan