Schindler MetaCore – the new backbone for sustainable building repurposing
October 12, 2023 at 12:33 am EDT
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Schindler MetaCore – the new backbone for sustainable building repurposing
12.10.2023 / 06:30 CET/CEST
Schindler introduces Schindler MetaCore – the innovative solution that makes the repurposing of buildings simple and sustainable. Considering the environmental impact, time to market, and investment costs, the most sustainable approach to urban construction evolution is to reuse buildings that already exist. By using the Schindler MetaCore optimized traffic management platform, building owners can seamlessly offer solutions to combine life, leisure, and work at one single location. And most importantly, it helps to reduce the carbon footprint by removing the need for demolition and new construction.
Building owners are faced with the challenge of converting monofunctional buildings into mixed-use buildings to better meet the requirements of today’s cities. The creation of vibrant neighborhoods is on the rise. For example, renowned urbanists from Harvard University and MIT estimate that New York City has the equivalent of 26 Empire State Buildings worth of empty space that could be repurposed.
Florian Troesch, Head of Transit Management & Digital Solutions at Schindler, explains, that Schindler MetaCore presents architects, developers, and building owners with a full suite of services, products, and easily reprogrammable elevator systems. “Mixed-use developments have many advantages. One of the biggest is that reusing what we already have is the most sustainable approach to change.”
The Schindler MetaCore system has been recognized by the global non-profit Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) with the 2023 Award of Excellence. The system allows office buildings to increase their longevity by giving them the option to reinvent themselves – seamlessly and endlessly. Building owners will be able to adapt their structures to new purposes at will.
About Schindler
The Schindler Group was founded in 1874 in Switzerland and is one of the leading global suppliers of elevators, escalators, and associated services. Every day, Schindler moves 1.5 billion people all over the world with its mobility solutions. This success is backed up by around 70,000 employees in more than 100 countries. Schindler has set itself the long-term, scientifically based emissions reduction target of achieving net-zero emissions along the entire value chain by 2040. This is to be achieved through a 90% absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in scopes 1, 2, and 3 – starting from the base year 2020 – while simultaneously working to neutralize residual emissions.
More information
Katherine Lee | Head of External Communications
Phone +41 414 45 36 11 | Mobile +41 79 712 94 99 katherine.lee@schindler.com
Schindler Holding AG is a Switzerland-based holding company that specializes in the manufacture of escalators, elevators and moving walks. It operates globally within one main segment: Elevators and Escalators. The Elevators and Escalators segment provides a range of elevators for different applications, including freight and special elevators, high-rise elevators, residential elevators and commercial elevators. It also offers commercial and public transport escalators, as well as inclined and horizontal moving walks. It's affiliated company, ALSO Holding AG, which provided information and communications technology and consumer electronics in the wholesale and logistics sectors, was disposed during 2011 and merged with Actebis GmbH, forming ALSO-Actebis Holding AG. In June 2014, closed the real estate development project Mall of Switzerland (formerly EbiSquare) together with Halter AG and sold its stake in EbiSquare AG to Halter AG