Sustainable Lift Solutions
We help you understand how much energy your lifts use, find practical ways to reduce it and specify energy-efficient lifts for new and existing buildings.
Lift energy consumption monitoring
Understanding the energy usage and the cost is a precursor to making decisions about energy reduction.
We can provide Internet of Things [IoT] energy monitoring devices to install on your lifts. These can be installed permanently but are often installed for a few months. In addition to monitoring the energy they record lift trip duration and number of trips. This gives an understanding of the lift usage and traffic patterns alongside the energy consumption. This data can then be analysed to give insights on how the energy consumption might be reduced.
Energy reduction measures for existing lifts
There are many ways to reduce the energy consumption of lifts, some are low-cost measures and, others involve more extensive capital investment. We can guide you through the options with budget costings that are appropriate for you.
Specifying for energy efficiency
Energy classification for lifts: most of us know energy ratings from fridges and washing machines, and lifts can be rated too. The VDI 4707 Part 1 guidelines cover the energy efficiency of lifts. Many products on the market now adhere to this.
The guidelines provide a basis that makes it possible to establish a generally comprehensible and transparent comparison of lift systems from various manufacturers without complex calculations.
BREEAM is the world’s leading science-based suite of validation and certification systems for sustainable built environment. BREEAM certification is widely used in the UK construction industry and demonstrates the environmental quality, performance and sustainability credentials of products and schemes.
We can assist in gaining the available two BREEAM credits for lifts by undertaking a BREEAM analysis.
If you would like to find out more about how to reduce the energy consumption of your lifts, then please get in touch