Airport Escalators and Moving Walkways—Cost-Savings and Energy Reduction Technologies

Airport escalators and moving walkways often have considerable maintenance and energy costs. New technologies (e.g., speed control/variable frequency drive, regenerative braking, and power factor control) can result in cost savings and reduced energy consumption, and recent code changes allowing for variation of escalator and moving walkway speed have expanded the number of available options. This guidebooks is designed to help airports identify, evaluate, and select the most appropriate cost-saving and energy reduction technologies for escalators and moving walkways. The guidebook provides reasons for improving escalator and moving walkway efficiency, reviews applicable codes and standards, and describes various technologies including LED lighting, capacitors, high-efficiency motors, motor efficiency controllers, and intermittent drives. The guidebook also provides a step-by-step process for selecting, implementing, and evaluating the performance of energy-saving technologies. Lastly, the guidebook offers no-cost and low-cost suggestions for reducing the energy consumption of escalators and moving walkways. The accompanying financial tool (included with the guidebook as CRP-CD-156 and available for download from the TRB website) is a spreadsheet-based model that airport practitioners can use to help decide which technologies may be appropriate for their escalators and moving walkways given their facilities’ unique characteristics. Based on user input, the tool provides a summary of potential energy savings and financial considerations for each technology.

• Record URL:
  • https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22243
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://www.trb.org/Main/Blurbs/171719.aspx
• Authors:
  • Spevacek, Ashly
  • Elrod, Cathy
  • White, Jason
  • Schwab, Kirsten
  • Kolp, Tim
  • Tutterow, Vestal
• Publication Date: 2014

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Appendices; Bibliography; CD-ROM; Figures; Glossary; Tables;
• Pagination: 53p
• Serial:
  • ACRP Report
  • Issue Number: 117
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 1935-9802
• Publication flags:

  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alternatives analysis; Components; Cost control; Energy conservation; Energy consumption; Escalators; Moving sidewalks; Spreadsheets; Technological innovations
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Energy; Finance; Vehicles and Equipment; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01547310
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9780309307987
• Report/Paper Numbers: Project 07-11
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Dec 5 2014 1:38PM