With the return of workers to downtowns, more building operators are looking at touchless and other high-tech features to update elevators so more people feel comfortable shuttling up to their offices ...

How much energy do elevators use, anyway? My co-worker is so proud of herself for taking the stairs every day, as if that's going to save the planet. . . . Cut her some slack: It's true that if ...

Is only going up in the elevator getting you down? Not for much longer: ThyssenKrupp, the German steel and engineering company, has announced that it’s building the next generation of elevators that ...

How much energy do elevators use, anyway? My co-worker is so proud of herself for taking the stairs every day, as if that’s going to save the planet … Cut her some slack: It’s true that if everyone ...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an effort to increase safety and reduce preventable injury, leaders from the home elevator industry today launched a new public education campaign, homeSAFE (Safety ...

We've all read and heard the nightmarish details of how the heroic firefighters made their way — step by step — up the overcrowded and under-designed stairways of the World Trade Center towers on 9/11 ...

As workers are expected to return to office buildings in coming weeks, the whoosh of opening elevators may herald an uncomfortable reunion: Welcome back to sharing very tight spaces with strangers.

Q: Can you put the elevator recall rules into plain English? A: There are two instances when the codes address elevator recall installations. The first is where a fire alarm system is required in the ...