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Elevator Door Operators: Then and Now
Attendants of yesteryear have given way to high-tech, automated solutions. People of a certain age may remember when automobiles were started not electronically but manually, by turning a hand crank,...
How Efficient Is “Energy Efficient”?
“Energy” is the buzzword of the first decade of this century. The soaring price of energy, due to the efforts at “decarbonating” human activities (in other words, reducing carbon-dioxide [CO2]...
Energy Code Development, Part One
How the groundbreaking Hong Kong Energy Code was created, leading to a section on elevator energy efficiency. The first code of practice related to energy in Hong Kong is perhaps...
Draka’s E3 Pays Off
How a Rocky Mount, North Carolina, plant created a leaner, greener factory. For a Draka Elevator plant in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a focused effort by employees and consultants resulted...
New ThyssenKrupp Elevator System
The endura MRL is released in the Americas for the low-rise market. photo courtesy of ThyssenKrupp Elevator In February, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Americas introduced a new elevator, the endura MRL, which...
“Green” Elevators: Calculating, Quantifying and Reporting
How to credibly claim and compare the environmental performance of elevators by Sascha Iqbal and Nikolay Minkov Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as a “green“ elevator, unless covering...
Accessible Freefalling
Savaria installs VPL in Canada’s first re-circulating indoor freefall simulator. SkyVenture in Laval, Canada, is an accessible re-circulating indoor freefall simulator. The facility is part of Quebec’s “Accessible Road,” a...
Solutions Needed to Ensure Children’s Safety
In this Readers Platform, authors James Filippone, P.E., and John Koshak, QEC, explore changes to the U.S. elevator code and common installations, which have combined to make private-residence elevators potentially...
LU/LA Elevator in Grace Fellowship Church
When Grace Fellowship Church, housed in a small 1930s-era brick structure in Waterloo, Iowa, found that more and more congregants were having trouble accessing all three of its floors due...
From Cadillacs to Custom Lifts: Inclinator Co. of America
From Groucho Marx and Henry Ford years ago to President George H.W. Bush and racecar driver Tony Stewart today, Inclinator Co. of America has built and delivered thousands of custom...
