Energy Efficiency

ZHA Announced as Architect for Sustainable Daxia Tower in China

Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) announced it was recently named architect for the 210-m, 127,220-m2 Daxia Tower in the high-tech zone of Xi’an, China, by client Daxia Group. With a gently...

TKE Distributor DIMO Highlights Work in Sri Lanka and Maldives

Colombo, Sri Lanka-headquartered DIMO, the sole distributor, installer and service provider for TK Elevator (TKE) in Sri Lanka and the Maldives since 2018, recently highlighted several of its key local...

Hyundai Elevator Announces Net-Zero Goal

Hyundai Elevator pledged to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, in a report it released Monday, The Korea Times reports. The report shows the company's efforts between 2022 and 2023 to...

TKE Receives India’s Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency

TK Elevator (TKE) received India's Golden Peacock Award for Energy Efficiency 2023 from the Institute of Directors (IOD), Manufacturing Today is among outlets to report. IOD established the award in...

TKE Celebrates 20 Years of the TWIN Elevator System

After first showcasing TWIN — the world's first elevator to feature two cabins operating independently in the same shaft — at the University of Stuttgart in Germany in 2003, TK...

Otis Introduces Digitally Native GEN3 Core for NA Market

On June 8, Otis introduced the Gen3 Core elevator, the newest member of the Gen3TM family of digitally native elevators designed specifically for North America's (NA) growing two- to six-story...

MAD’s First South American Building To Be Tallest in Quito

Chinese architecture studio MAD has revealed visuals of Qondesa, a skyscraper for Ecuador’s capital Quito, reports dezeen. The mixed-use tower would be taller than Danish studio BIG’s nearby 133-m-tall IQON...

TKE Launches Eco-Efficient, Digitally Native EOX Elevator in North America

TK Elevator (TKE) employees from across North America converged on company’s Innovation and Qualification Center (IQC) in Atlanta the week of May 1 ahead of the North American launch of...

Ground Broken for Major Jakarta TOD That Includes Supertall

Officials from Taspen ANS, Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. and the Japanese and Indonesian governments gathered in late January to formally break ground on the Green Energy Superblock Oasis Central Sudirman...

Inaugural GEE in Milan Spurs Strong Interest

The inaugural Global Elevator Exhibition (GEE), planned on November 15-17 at Fiera Milano in Milan, Italy, is seeing strong interest, with at least 25 companies planning to participate as of...