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Under the trend of "dual carbon" goals and sustainable development, ESG has become the core engine for the transformation and upgrading of the property service industry. It is not only a direct manifestation of corporate social responsibility, but also an important path for property companies to break through operational bottlenecks and build long-term competitiveness. As an important pillar of urban operation and community life services, the property industry is accelerating the deep embedding of ESG concepts into business planning: promoting green building operation and maintenance and energy conservation and emission reduction in the environmental dimension, ensuring community quality and owner satisfaction in the social dimension, and consolidating brand reputation with a transparent and efficient operation and maintenance system in the governance dimension.
The value chain of property services runs through the entire lifecycle of real estate development, construction, operation, maintenance, and asset appreciation. The traditional facility maintenance mode is accelerating its transformation towards refined green services, with measures such as intelligent energy consumption control, energy-saving lighting, and garbage classification blooming everywhere, promoting property services from a single "cost control" to "green performance value-added".
Currently, a large number of urban infrastructure in China is entering a renewal cycle, and the energy-saving upgrade of existing buildings holds enormous potential for carbon reduction. China is the world's largest country in terms of elevator ownership, with over 12 million elevators in operation by 2025, of which over 1 million have exceeded 15 years of service life. The industry has formed a consensus that existing buildings will account for 80% of the total construction volume by 2050, and the current energy-saving renovation of mechanical and electrical equipment will profoundly affect the energy consumption level of cities in the coming decades.
In the elevator system, the machine room has long been a dual blind spot for energy consumption control and safety management. The global warming trend is intensifying, with China's warming rate reaching 0.26 ℃/decade, higher than the global average. 2024 is the hottest year since industrialization, with many regions showing an increase in the number of hot summer days, an increase in peak values, earlier onset, and later decline. According to the mandatory standard GB/T 7588.1-2020, the temperature in the elevator machine room should be controlled within the range of 5-40 ℃. Once it exceeds the limit, the equipment failure rate will significantly increase, and even threaten elevator safety. According to data from Shanghai in 2024, the number of elevator trapped person alarms has significantly increased from June to November, and high temperatures in machine rooms are the core cause of accelerated equipment aging and failure.
At present, most top-level computer rooms have measured temperatures exceeding 45 ℃ in summer, and traditional air conditioning cooling schemes experience efficiency degradation or even shutdown under high temperature conditions. The pain points are mainly reflected in five aspects: temperature control exceeding the limit is common, and the rooftop computer room is subjected to a dual combination of solar radiation and equipment heat generation, often breaking the 40 ℃ red line; The inherent weakness of heat dissipation design lies in the lack of insulation and ventilation in enclosed concrete structures, making it difficult to carry out later modifications; The lifespan of electrical components rapidly declines, and for every 10 ℃ increase in temperature, IGBT、 Half the lifespan of core components such as electrolytic capacitors; The disconnect between investment and responsibility, lack of motivation for property renovation, and difficulty in cost sharing; Lack of regulatory monitoring methods, only checking during annual inspections, unable to detect and handle early.
Traditional air conditioners and exhaust fans continue to consume electricity and cannot block solar radiation and heat storage at the root. Therefore, the integrated solution of SmartCool coating+ZenMeasure wireless intelligent monitoring system has emerged.
SmartCool coating: With a solar reflectance of 95%, it relies on the principle of infrared radiation to dissipate heat, resulting in zero energy consumption throughout the entire process. Spray on the roof of the computer room, the outer shell of the traction machine, the control cabinet box, etc., to block the entry of radiant heat and accelerate equipment heat dissipation. Lightweight construction, no need to modify the structure, staggered construction does not interfere with operation.
Wireless intelligent monitoring system: Install wireless temperature and humidity sensing tags at key points, and upload minute level data to the cloud. Scan the QR code on your phone to view the temperature curve at any time, customize the high temperature alarm threshold, and push alerts for abnormalities in real time. Cloud based data archiving can not only verify the cooling effect, but also serve as evidence for ESG achievements.
Comprehensive Value Empowerment of Property ESG Upgrade:
Environmental (E) Value: Zero energy cooling, reducing air conditioning exhaust power consumption and building carbon emissions; Extend the lifespan of core components and reduce replacement frequency; Energy conservation and carbon reduction data can be quantitatively traced.
Social (S) Value: Reduce incidents of people trapped in high temperatures and shutdowns, ensure elevator safety, reduce complaints from homeowners, improve service satisfaction, and fulfill community safety responsibilities.
Governance (G) Value: Cloud based remote monitoring, transforming "fault repair" into "risk prediction and pre maintenance"; The temperature ledger of the entire process can be traced, meeting the regulatory requirements for special equipment, and the operation and maintenance management is more transparent, compliant, and efficient.
The SmartCool coating integrated solution combines zero energy passive cooling technology with intelligent monitoring to provide a low-cost, long-term, stable, and digitally manageable new path for high-temperature management of existing elevator machine rooms. It helps property companies solve the dual problems of elevator machine room safety and energy conservation, create a new paradigm for ESG management of elevator machine rooms, and jointly promote the green and low-carbon transformation of urban existing buildings.
Author Bio: Cao Longjin (ESG and Sustainable Development Researcher at Huayan Qingchuang Research Institute, PhD in Business Administration from Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Mainly engaged in research on sustainable development, value chain management, entrepreneurship, and innovation
