Energy Efficiency

“One Way” Energy-Recovery System for Lifts

An examination of energy storage technologies, converters and more to achieve a higher lift energy classification This paper was presented at  Madrid 2016, the International Congress on Vertical Transportation Technologies,...

Elevator Efficiency: Is It All About Energy Consumption of the Elevator?

A look at important efficiency factors beyond energy consumption and oil usage Fossil fuels are still extensively used to generate energy, despite huge investments in renewable energy sources. To reduce...

Smart, Fast, Energy Efficient

Otis Turkey installs double-deck elevators with record-breaking speeds in Istanbul high rise. by İpek Akyıldız Sipahi and Onur Artıkoğlu For Levent 199, a 40-story office building in Istanbul’s financial district,...

Alexandra House

Schindler converts the conventional elevators of a prestigious commercial building to a modern elevator system. by Tarence Wong and Alex Lee The 37-story Alexandra House is a Grade-A office and...

Visualization courtesy of Creative City Solutions via Architects’ Journal

Vertical Building Extension Method Launches in the U.K.

Members of Hyundai Elevator's choir of disabled people pose at Kangwon National University's Baeckryung Art Center in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province; image courtesy of Hyundai Elevator via The Korea Times

Hyundai Choir of Disabled People Wins Silver Prize at National Competition

Screenshot courtesy of MediaBrief

India’s ECE Elevators Launches New Ad Campaign

image courtesy of KONE

KONE Awarded EcoVadis 2024 Sustainability Gold Medal

MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC ACQUIRES NORWAY’S ALT HEIS

Mitsubishi Electric Acquires Norway’s ALT Heis