Ecological Conduction

KONE (www.kone.es), the manufacturing leader of elevators, mechanical stairs and mechanical doors for buildings has about 14,000 vehicles in the world. The consumption average of fuel of a vehicle of 3,000 KONE is l/ao, reason why KONE has seted out to reduce their total carbon track in an annual 5%. To diminish the carbon track and to maximize the ecological efficiency are one of the key initiatives of KONE to obtain the environmental excellence. The conduction style affects the consumption of any automobile to a great extent, since the conductors have certain customs that increase the cost in fuel and which, sometimes, accelerate the aging of the vehicle. These bad habits can be corrected following simple advice the steering wheel and in the maintenance of the vehicle.

The campaign of internal awareness to all the employees of KONE consists of an informative pamphlet with brief advice divided in ” before ponerte in marcha” and ” in carretera”. In addition this pamphlet not only recommends action of energy saving but also action in order to increase to the security of the conductor and its passengers. The policy of KONE for selection of vehicles imposes a maximum limit of emissions of fuel CO2 and consumption. That is to say, the vehicles are not accepted that are over those limits. KONE, faithful to their commitment to reduce the power consumption of their elevators, not only offers the Echo solutions that help to reduce to the power consumption of elevators and mechanical stairs in three quarters, but extends east commitment to all their activity, from the advice of safe and ecological conduction to manufacture systems.This ecological philosophy produces savings that can represent the cost of the same equipment.

” From 1996, the efficiency energetics is a priority for the company in all the areas of the business, besides being one of our signs of identity makes us jeopardize with ours entorno” to us; , Cristbal comments to us Go’mez, Director of development of Iberian business of KONE. For more information please to contact: Lola Garci’a, Argenta Communication tel: 91 311 93 35 620 927 362 About KONE KONE is one of the companies global leaders in the industry of elevators and mechanical stairs, the company has been it jeopardize with the needs of its clients from the century last, providing elevators leaders in the industry, mechanical stairs and automatic doors of buildings as well as innovating solutions for the modernization and the maintenance. The objective of the company is to offer the best experience in the displacement of people, developing and applying solutions that make possible to the people a smooth passage, surely, more and more urban comfort and without long times of delay in buildings and surroundings. In 2010, KONE obtained a total of net sales of 5,000 million and has approximately 33,800 employees distributed in 50 countries. The KONE actions class B are listed in NASDAQ OMX Helsinki in Finland.