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CIBSE Guide D: Transportation Systems in Buildings provides the definitive, practical reference for professionals involved in lift, escalator, and wider transportation system design, specification, operation, and maintenance.
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Covering everything from passenger and goods lifts to escalators, moving walks, lifting platforms, and emerging technologies, the guide is an essential resource for engineers, architects, developers, facilities managers, regulators, and students alike.
What’s inside the new edition
This updated edition introduces a modular, multi-part format for greater clarity and usability, with focused guidance on:
- Interior circulation, human factors, and inclusive design
- Lift traffic planning and system performance optimisation
- Types of transportation systems and their applications
- System components, controls, and drive technologies
- Accessibility and inclusivity
- Energy efficiency, environmental performance, and optimisation opportunities
- Data, monitoring, and integration with building management systems
- Maintenance, modernisation, and lifecycle planning
The guide aligns with current UK legislation, safety codes, and international best practice, while also pointing readers to supplementary resources hosted by the Society of Vertical Transportation (SoVT) for the most up-to-date regulatory and reference materials.
CIBSE Guide D: Transportation systems in buildings
Part 1 Introduction
Part 2 Interior circulation
Part 3 Lift traffic design using calculation
Part 4 Lift traffic design using simulation
Part 5 Types of transportation systems
Part 6 Lifts for use by firefighters and evacuation lifts
Part 7 Lift and escalator components and installation
Part 8 Lift drives and controls
Part 9 Lift traffic control
Part 10 Escalators and moving walks
Part 11 Vertical transportation for people who require level access
Part 12 Lift electrical systems and building interfaces
Part 13 Lift, escalator and moving walk energy consumption
Part 14 Data acquisition, management and interoperability
Part 15 Commissioning, testing, maintenance and thorough examination
Part 16 Upgrading of safety, performance and equipment of existing lifts
Annex Lift kinematics
Principal authors: Richard Peters (Peters Research Ltd.)
Contributor: Iain Forbester (Serapid Ltd.)
Review Panel: Kartik Amrania, Matthew Appleby, John Bashford, Alan Cronin, Mark Davies, Mark Davison,
Dominic Dawson, Stefan Gerstenmeyer, Andrew Harrison, Lionel Hutt, Duncan Jones, Carl
Keyser, Lee Kitching, Maneet Kumar, Ana Lorenti, Max Martinez, Brian Preston, Mark Pullan,
Simon Russett, Marja-Liisa Siikonen, Rachel Smalley, Peter Sumner, Huw Turner
Peer Reviewers: Graham Barker (Cundall), Len Halsey, Rory Smith (Peters Research Ltd.)
Managing Editor: Elizabeth Evans (Peters Research Ltd.)
Technical Editors: Jonathan Beebe (Consultant), Nick Mellor (LEIA), Richard Peters (Peters Research Ltd.),
Adam Scott (SWECO; The Vertical Transportation Studio)
This edition of CIBSE Guide D is dedicated jointly to our late colleagues Dr Gina Barney and
Ian Jones