Upgraded Elevators Can Save Your Building Energy

Many of our customers have mission statements to cut carbon emissions in their portfolios. We are aiming to cut our emissions by 50 percent by 2040 and be carbon neutral by 2050. A potentially overlooked piece of reducing emissions is elevators.

The average elevator today accounts for about 2 to 3 percent of a commercial building’s energy consumption, according to Monica Miller Brown, Senior Sustainability Manager at TK Elevator.

Even if your customer doesn’t want to fully upgrade every elevator, we offer many smaller ways to save energy: cabs that go into standby mode when not in use or switching to LED lighting.

Nick Pipitone of Propmodo also spoke with Miller Brown about the benefits of Machine Room-Less (MRLs) elevators, which can save up to 60 square feet of leasing and storage space in a commercial building.

“We look at using MRL in buildings on a case-by-case basis,” she said. “We’ll run an energy calculation for every job considering them. Sometimes, conventional hydraulic elevators in low-rise buildings are more efficient than MRL technology.”

On a local level, we are helping buildings in New York City become code compliant with Local Law 97, which requires property owners to obtain a Building Energy Efficient Rating label by 2024. Learn more here.

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