Sustainability

Schindler to Provide 293 Units for Saudi Arabia Project

Schindler Olayan will provide a total of 293 elevators, escalators and moving walks to phase one of the new multi-purpose project The Avenues – Riyadh in the Saudi Arabian capital,...

KONE Digital Experience Available in Australia’s Tallest Building

Australia’s tallest tower has introduced an extraordinary attraction — the KONE Digital Experience Display elevator, Australia’s first-of-its-kind sustainable and immersive elevator experience — through a partnership between KONE and SkyPoint,...

World’s Tallest Mass-Timber Building Envisioned in Milwaukee

The Neutral Project, LLC, has been selected by the City of Milwaukee to redevelop an underutilized city-controlled site: the Marcus Performing Arts Center parking garage at 101 North Water Street,...

Fermator Publishes Its First Sustainability Report

submitted by Fermator Spain-headquartered Fermator Group, a leading mono-product manufacturer of automatic lift doors worldwide, announced in July publication of its first Sustainability Report.  Covering 2023, the report reflects the...

Exploring a Greener Future

KONE participates in "decarbonization catalyst" workshops. Finnish OEM KONE recently participated in a series of workshops that brought together members of the Nordic Superblocks as Decarbonization Catalysts consortium (NSDC) to...

Championing Urbanization

Your author (LF) speaks to Florian Troesch (FT), vice president of Schindler PORT Technology at Schindler Group, about the company's role in this important topic. LF: You had a large...

LEED by Example

The impending release of LEED v5 will spur building innovation and better position the industry to address needed climate action. by Philip W. Grone The release of LEED v5, the...

Digitally Native Elevator for Older Buildings

TKE launches EOX Renew in Spain, Portugal and Italy. submitted by TKEimages courtesy of TKE On October 5, TK Elevator (TKE) launched the EOX Renew elevator — boosting accessibility, sustainability...

The Gen360™ Platform, the Next Generation of Digital and Sustainable Elevators

by Pascal Rebillard, Alper Caliskan and Vijay Lakamraju This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract The megatrends of urbanization and our...

Sustainability in the Elevator Industry – Impact Review

by TAK Mathews This paper was presented at the 2023 International Elevator & Escalator Symposium in Edinburgh, Scotland. Abstract For decades, the world has recognized climate change and Earth’s depleting...

Base details at 107 Morgan Street; image courtesy of SLCE Architects

Mixed-Use High Rise Approved in Downtown Jersey City

The deadly incident has been attributed to “operator error”; image courtesy of goldminetours dot com.

“Operator Error” to Blame for Deadly Elevator Mishap in Colorado Mine

The meeting included a presentation on elevator door lock monitoring compliance by Argus Elevator; image courtesy of Omar Gil.

MESA Meeting Includes Door-Lock Monitoring Compliance Presentation

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TKE Welcomes New North West Market Cluster Head Aren

The residential delivery robot; image courtesy of Hyundai Engineering

Hyundai Launches Residential Delivery Robots in South Korea