Escalator Energy Use
Does anyone have any resources for estimating escalator energy use, or for typical energy consumption for escalators?
All I have are resources for lift energy use from GreenStar and NABERS here in Australia. NABERS uses a default of 8 W/m2, and GreenStar has a detailed calculation methodology based on number of tryps, time of trip, speed, etc.
I would expect the escalator energy use to be more simple, since its typically always running during occupied hours, and runs at a constant speed. It would just have a fully loaded vs partially loaded vs unloaded energy use to consider, as well as run-time.
I agree that Escalators/Travelators are simpler to estimate than Lifts. Estimating energy use from motor absorbed power and rune time is reasonable. I have come across suggestions of 'two speed' operation, although that doesn't fit with my experience as a shopper. Also see https://www.iso.org/standard/60951.html
@TomB thanks for the resource, though the price for that standard is kind of steep! I'll probably just do a simple calculation as you suggested
Looks like Part 3 of the ISO standard linked to by @TomB addresses escalators and moving walks.