ThyssenKrupp has secured the contract to supply The Hanoi Landmark Tower in Vietnam with 41 high-speed elevators with a further 23 installations to follow. The high speed elevators will be equipped with regenerative drives and a destination selection control system to take passengers to any of the 70 floors at speeds of seven meters per second.  As well as being used for offices the building will also contain a 5-star hotel with 383 rooms and suites, bars, restaurants and retail outlets.

The regenerative drives allow the elevators to convert energy produced when the cab brakes into electricity which is then feed back to the power supply.  The system is extremely friendly to the environment and lowers energy use by approximately 30% when compared with standard elevator designs.

The elevators will also include ThyssenKrupp Elevator’s intelligent destination selection control system, the first time this feature has been used in Vietnam.  Passengers will input the floor they wish to be taken to on an LCD screen outside the elevator and the system tells them which is the most appropriate elevator to take.  ThyssenKrupp say the system will lower waiting times for passengers allowing them to get to their destination quicker.