The National Elevator Industry, Inc. (N.E.I.I.) has established industry performance standard guidelines for equipment airborne sound levels at multiple system locations and operational modes. International Building Code (I.B.C), H.U.D, A.I.A., and others have established standards and guidelines for the architectural design and construction details related to sound ratings of wall and floor/ceiling assemblies to contain… Read More Elevator Sound Guidelines
Effective elevator sound control often requires a multi-point treatment to achieve the desired levels of sound reductions. All elevator types will generate both airborne and structure-borne sound migration, the sounds are the same with the only difference being the medium they’re traveling through. Each sound source and migration point must be identified in order… Read More Hydraulic Pipe Noise
Elisha Graves Otis installed the 1st passenger elevator in 1857, 160 years later the most revolutionary advancement in vertical transportation has been introduced – the world’s first rope-free traction elevator. Moving multiple elevator cars in a single shaft, both vertically and horizontally! Its numerous advantages include significantly increased passenger capacity, shorter waiting times, smaller building… Read More 160 Years Later
AOC blog post contains a reference of the first know elevator disturbance… Read More 1876: First Reference of Elevator Noise Disturbance Complaint
The effect of make-up air systems and plumbing chases have on elevator equipment sound migration… Read More Chasing the Noise
A recent project survey highlights a few issues that we often find when we’re called in to provide solutions for elevator equipment sound disturbances. This projects dry to submersible mod project generated noise disturbance complaints from the adjacent residential master suite. Finding a solution to mitigate the disruptive sounds had the property management and elevator… Read More Can’t see the forest for the trees
Understanding and Controlling Elevator Noise 