在新冠肺炎疫情防控的居家隔離工作中，辦公樓管理人員在電梯設備上面臨這樣問題：一旦復工人數(shù)上升，他們不得不優(yōu)先考慮保持群眾社交距離，把長期安保問題和電梯使用準則放在后面。有報道稱近期許多辦公大樓的復工率極少有超過25%的，這使得限制電梯乘客數(shù)量的社交距離措施能夠有效實行。然而一旦日常復工率超過50%，“我們也許就該重新考慮這個問題”， Hines物業(yè)管理公司管理人員Meredith Cress在近期的網(wǎng)絡研討會上這樣說道。其中一個解決方案就是允許人們使用在日常僅作應急通道用的樓梯井，而這樣的話也意味著需要打開每一層的樓梯門，可能會帶來安防問題。

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.