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 ...

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 ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- As Bay Area workers continue to work from home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some workplaces are starting to look at how they can operate in a world where coronavirus still ...

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 ...

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.

Next time you book a hotel, consider asking for a room on a lower floor. Taking the stairs may be good for your health in more ways than one. There’s a growing body of evidence that using an elevator ...

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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 ...