489-P1-HI-A20-E In addition to stronger technology and higher efficiency, one of the important characteristics of new quality productivity is more sustainable, and manufacturing has always been a “big” carbon emissions. As a large manufacturing country, China has an extremely difficult task to reduce carbon. In order to achieve carbon reduction targets, almost all manufacturing industries and their “nerve endings” need to reduce carbon, and the elevator industry is no exception. Zhang Lexiang, secretary general of China Elevator Association, pointed out that high energy consumption and efficiency are common problems in large public buildings in China. Relevant statistics show that in large public buildings, the energy consumption of the elevator system accounts for about 15% of the building energy consumption. With the exploration of high-tech, elevator Internet of Things and high value-added efficiency, elevators will play an increasingly important role in green buildings.
In order to achieve sustainable development, KONE has 489-P1-HI-A20-E established a new model of manufacturing + product solution “double low carbon”, which has demonstrated the sustainable development of the elevator industry. At the end of June 2023, KONE became the first escalator manufacturer in the industry to meet the global carbon neutral production target, 18 months ahead of schedule. Kone’s Kunshan Industrial Park has achieved 100% green electricity supply and has been awarded the national “Green Factory”, as well as being included in the list of “Near zero carbon factories” in Suzhou.
In fact, KONE’s sustainability strategy goes beyond production to promote energy efficient buildings, low carbon communities and green cities. Make full use of innovative technologies to create green products and superior energy efficiency solutions throughout the life cycle. In 2023, KONE launched the first carbon neutral elevator, taking carbon reduction measures in every step of design, material selection, manufacturing, logistics and installation, and compensating for the unavoidable carbon emissions during the material production process, so as to ensure that each elevator delivered meets carbon neutral standards to reduce the impact on the climate.
Today, driven by China’s dual-carbon goal, low-carbon communities and green cities have become an important direction for building high-quality cities. As one of the “infrastructure” of urban buildings, the low carbonization of escalator products and the low carbonization of manufacturing process are indispensable. In489-P1-HI-A20-E the future, KONE will continue to actively build and consolidate “new quality productivity”, and contribute to the high-quality development of Chinese society with a faster and more stable “Chinese rhythm”.
