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Feature from Environmental Building News
August 1, 2004
The Elevator Revolution
The year 2004 may well be remembered in the elevator industry as a watershed year. After six years during which Kone fought alone to gain acceptance for high-efficiency machines located within the hoistway (see EBN Vol. 8, No. 7), now all the major manufacturers are on board. For low-rise applications, these machine-room-less elevators are coming down in cost. “This technology is going to rapidly wipe out hydraulics from the market,” predicts Jim Fortune, chairman of Lerch, Bates and Associates, a leading international elevator consulting firm. In mid-rise buildings, up to 30 stories, they are already replacing the traditional geared, traction elevator: “In five years, I see the geared elevator being almost nonexistent,” says Frank Dugan of Fujitec....
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