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W
hat do people expect
from the technology
that moves them up
and down in a build-
ing? Actually, they
probably don’t expect to think about it
at all.
Whether it is summoning an elevator
with a smartphone or using eco-efficient
elevator systems that use less energy,
buildings across the board – from resi-
dences and offices to shopping malls –
are becoming more complex. Users also
expect more out of the spaces in which
they spend their days.
One goal of intelligently designed
buildings is that they become intuitive to
a person’s needs to provide a seamless
journey from point A to point b.
KONE and CapitaLand Singapore, a
subsidiary of one of Asia’s largest real
estate companies, CapitaLand Limited,
are exploring how to make that happen.
InnovatIon sUpports
convenIence
“We would love to have an elevator
dispatched to the right floor to fetch
the resident as soon as he enters the
garage,” says
Heang fine Wong
, CEO
of CapitaLand Singapore’s Residential
business. “At the same time, his home
lights and air conditioning are activated.
That’s the new generation of residential
homes that we see.”
noud veeger
, Executive Vice
President at KONE and Area Director for
Asia-Pacific and the middle East, says
destination guidance, access control, and
equipment monitoring are the driving
principles for elevator and escalator
design in new projects.
Convenience is an important aim of
innovative technologies that talk among
themselves. features such as being able
to summon an elevator with a remote
application, for example, minimize
waiting time and create a personalized
system. Using such an application,
a resident could, for example, authorize
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KONE’s Noud Veeger (left)
and CapitaLand Singapore’s
Heang Fine Wong discuss
future collaboration
prospects at CapitaLand’s
office in Singapore.
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