Innovation

By connecting elevators, providing transparent real-time visibility of assets in use with myKONE customer tool and using AI, we can help you to identify up to 80% of failures before they happen. With KONE, you get clearer insight, more predictable performance, and faster, remote support – often before issues cause disruption. And we already do this across more than 800,000 units globally.

As buildings generate 40% of global carbon emissions, we know you need solutions that deliver impact fast. KONE technology can help you cut energy use dramatically – with UltraRope® hoisting technology reducing elevator energy consumption by up to 40%, and regenerative drive technology recovering up to 75% of braking energy back into the building’s grid. People-flow data, combined with partner technology, takes these benefits further – helping you optimize HVAC systems and reduce annual building energy consumption by up to 36%. Beyond energy savings, material‑efficient modernization and digital connectivity further cut carbon, improve reliability, and extend building life.

Traditional modernization can take weeks or months of disruption. That’s why at KONE we redesigned modernization around speed and minimal disruption, including our one‑week modernization approach – extending asset life while keeping your buildings running. And with over 85% of today’s buildings still in use in Europe in 2050, we know extending asset life while keeping buildings running is critical for you. That means modernization is also sustainable – with targeted modernization able to cut embodied carbon emissions by up to 78%.

We revolutionized the industry in 1996 by introducing MonoSpace, the world’s first machine-room-less elevator. It is enabled by our compact disc-shaped KONE EcoDisc, a motorized traction system flat enough to be located in the elevator shaft. EcoDisc was renewed in 2026 to boosts energy efficiency while helping deliver a smooth, quiet ride in a more space-efficient design. Since their launch these innovations have continued to evolve with improvements in energy efficiency and performance. 

Traditional modernization of an elevator can take weeks or months of disruption. KONE's industry-leading one week modernization approach is fast, digital and sustainable, minimizing disruption and ensuring a smooth people flow experience for our customers. Our one‑week modernization extends your equipments' lifetime while keeping your buildings running.

We connect buildings, users, and equipment through KONE’s digital platform and APIs, enabling new smart solutions, real‑time insights, and seamless, future‑ready people flow experiences. As our customer, you get clearer insight, more predictable performance, and faster, remote support – often before issues cause disruption. And we already do this across more than 800,000 units globally.

World's first elevator series with built-in connectivity as a standard. We help create an experience that connects on every level by bringing digital services to elevators, enabling new user experiences, smarter building integration, and smooth people flow.

myBuilding connects building users, owners, and service providers to equipment and data through KONE’s digital platform, enabling smarter, more seamless people flow and new service experiences. With our solutions you can integrate smart ventilation and air quality control into your building's heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and save up to 36% of energy consumption and cost.

Our innovative self-climbing construction-time elevator that moves with the building as it rises, improving construction efficiency and enabling up to 20% faster people and material flow onsite. KONE JumpLift advantages: enables a faster, safer construction process, earlier closing of the facade, reduced down-time, and safer transportation in all weather conditions.

True innovation happens in collaboration. Find out how we work together with our ecosystem.

Join the KONE Veturi Renaissance ecosystem. The KONE Renaissance program aims to revive the built environment with research and co-innovation ecosystem partners by 2030.

Explore how, and where, we test our high-rise solutions.