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U.S. Codes and Standards Inhibit Innovation
In this Readers Platform, Elevator Boutique’s Les Katz discusses the restrictions of the U.S. code for private-residence elevators. Standards follow innovation but often to its detriment. Once applied, standards tend...
Climate Change and the City
In this Readers Platform, your author examines vertical transportation’s ever-increasing role in a more urban, environmentally conscious future. We live in a world of astounding and ever-increasing change. In the...
Custom Home Elevators for U.S. Market
Italian home lift manufacturer debuts DomusLift Corner in Miami with an array of code-compliant models. A pair of DomusLift® cabs, one with Swarovski® elements and the other with Art Deco...
Future-Proofing History
Stannah Group chairman turns to family company, expert team to design perfect elevator for his home, a 17th-century English estate. Headquartered in Andover, U.K., and now in the hands of...
Manzanita Cottage
Custom elevator provides convenience, sparks conversation at California oceanfront home. When Estel and Wally Binder remodeled their house, located in an exclusive part of La Jolla, California, they wanted to...
Hybrid Lift Group Control Systems
How these combinative systems compare to dedicated DCSes in office buildings This article was first published at the Fourth Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies (www.liftsymposium.org) prior to editing by...
Destination Based Dispatching
MCE’s destination-oriented control technology evolves with the changing times. Advances in computing in the late 1970s spawned the emergence of microprocessor-based elevator controls and the arrival of many nonproprietary controller...
Elevator Traffic Analysis: Analytical Versus Simulated
The two main classifications of traffic analysis are compared and contrasted, with the work of many experts in the field cited. by Dr. Albert So and Dr. Lutfi Al-Sharif Traffic...
Reverse Journeys and Destination Control
How reverse journeys can aid destination control when considering passenger perception and behavior by Stefan Gerstenmeyer and Dr. Richard Peters This article was first published at the Fourth Symposium on...
Maintenance and Modernization: The Keys to Safety
ELEVATOR WORLD (EW) speaks with Ilpo Marjamaa (IM), senior vice president and head of modernization for KONE, about the importance of keeping equipment up to date. EW: Which parts of...
