thyssenkrupp Elevator has earned the BuildingGreen Top Products for 2018 Award. The announcement was made at the BuildingGreen Top-10 Products for LEED v4 and Beyond session at Greenbuild 2017, a conference and exposition dedicated to green building.
Now in its 16th year, the BuildingGreen Top Products Award recognizes innovations and breakthroughs in health and environmental performance across all major building product sectors and LEED categories. Since 1985, BuildingGreen has been a source on healthy and sustainable design and construction strategies; helping architects, designers and other sustainability professionals make their projects greener and healthier.
“thyssenkrupp Elevator is proud to lead the way in sustainable urban mobility, and this award recognition reaffirms that our eco-commitment throughout all business phases is reshaping green building and making a difference across the world,” says Brad Nemeth, vice president of sustainability at thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas.
thyssenkrupp Elevator has distinguished itself in the world of elevator sustainability by retrofitting existing elevators to achieve net-zero energy. thyssenkrupp Elevator publishes an Environmental Product Declaration that meets or exceeds industry standards, including Cradle to Cradle, the Living Building Challenge as well as LEED. thyssenkrupp Elevator is also an elevator company with Declare labels, as well as, Bronze and Platinum Cradle to Cradle Material Health Certificates. On top of that, thyssenkrupp Elevator also discloses ingredients in its cabs and entrances down to 1,000 ppm per its Health Product Declaration.
“Elevator companies are rarely connected with sustainability leadership, but thyssenkrupp Elevator has changed that with its material transparency efforts, net-zero initiative, and its focus on LEED v4 and beyond,” says Brent Ehrlich, products & materials specialist at BuildingGreen.