在新冠肺炎疫情防控的居家隔离工作中，办公楼管理人员在电梯设备上面临这样问题：一旦复工人数上升，他们不得不优先考虑保持群众社交距离，把长期安保问题和电梯使用准则放在后面。有报道称近期许多办公大楼的复工率极少有超过25%的，这使得限制电梯乘客数量的社交距离措施能够有效实行。然而一旦日常复工率超过50%，“我们也许就该重新考虑这个问题”， Hines物业管理公司管理人员Meredith Cress在近期的网络研讨会上这样说道。其中一个解决方案就是允许人们使用在日常仅作应急通道用的楼梯井，而这样的话也意味着需要打开每一层的楼梯门，可能会带来安防问题。
POST-PANDEMIC VT ISSUES RAISED
Office building managers dealing with the easing of COVID-19 stay-at-home orders are faced with a dilemma regarding vertical transportation (VT): once occupancy ramps up, they will have to weigh social-dista ncing protocols against long-established safety and VT usage norms. A report by Bisnow noted that recent occupancy of many buildings rarely surpasses 25%, making social distancing — such as limiting the number of elevator passengers — easy to implement. But, once daily counts cross 50%, "we may have to rethink that," Meredith Cress, an executive with facilities management company Hines, said during a recent webinar. One such solution would be to allow people to use stairwells normally reserved for emergency use. To do so would mean leaving the doors to them unlocked, which would create building security issues.
