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Recharging elevators – the breaks save the wasted energy in batteries

by Clever Dick Nov 17, 2021 4 Comments 4 Links

#architecture, #battery, #buildings, #eco, #elevators, #energy, #energyuse, #lift, #power,

Just as hybrid cars have regenerative braking (braking is resisted by a battery charger which in turn recharges the main battery) so too should elevators.

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Peter Pans on November 18, 2021 at 10:48 am
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Idea: Recharging elevators – the breaks save the wasted energy in batteries
Link: https://www.facilitiesnet.com/...
“Not only can today’s technologies cut elevators’ energy use, but they also can return energy to the building grid.”

How To Reduce Elevators’ Energy Use
Link: https://www.facilitiesne

Learn about elevators, elevator repair, elevator modernization, energy efficiency, ac motors, destination dispatch technology, mrls and related trends for building operations success

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Miss Entropic on November 18, 2021 at 1:53 am
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Idea: Recharging elevators – the breaks save the wasted energy in batteries
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Breaking is broken, from lifts to electric trains, cars to pushbikes, applying breaks is simply swapping useful energy for bad useless energy, ie entropy. So it goes!

How do regenerative brakes work?
Link: https://www.explainthats

An easy to understand introduction to how regenerative braking works, including energy-saving systems like flywheels and KERS.

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CC on November 17, 2021 at 2:45 pm
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Idea: Recharging elevators – the breaks save the wasted energy in batteries
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Loving these magnetic elevators- that can go sideways too like a tube.

Skyscraper elevators: up, down and sideways | DW News
Link: https://www.youtube.com/

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ChrisP on November 17, 2021 at 9:47 pm
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Idea: Recharging elevators – the breaks save the wasted energy in batteries
Link: https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/...
Not new, a but cool idea.

This elevator could shape the cities of the future
Link: https://money.cnn.com/20

A new magnetic levitation elevator can go up and down, side to side, and right out the building to connect with the surrounding city.

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