EN ISO 8100-1 specifies the safety rules for lifts permanently serving buildings and constructions and intended for the transport of persons or persons and goods. It applies to traction lifts, positive drive lifts and hydraulic lifts that:
— serve specific levels and
— have a rated speed exceeding 0,15 m/s and
— have an enclosed car and
— move along guide rails inclined not more than 15° to the vertical and
— are indoor or weather-protected.
EN ISO 8100-1 also applies to the electrical equipment of these lifts including the lighting and socket outlets in the well.
It specifies safety rules related to:
— persons to be safeguarded (users, including passengers, maintenance and inspection personnel, persons at the landings and outside of the well, or any machinery space and pulley room, who can be affected by the lift)
— property to be safeguarded (loads in the car, components of the lift installation, building in which the lift is installed)
EN ISO 8100-1 does not include additional requirements for lifts in seismic conditions and for accessibility or lifts exposed to vandalism. The standard also does not cover additional requirements for lifts intended for firefighting operations, evacuation under firefighters’ control, or faster evacuation of persons with disabilities. Furthermore, it does not specify how a lift should behave when its control system receives fire recall signals during a building fire.
EN ISO 8100-1 can not be applied to passenger and goods passenger lifts, which are installed before the date of its publication. ISO 8100-1:2026 text has been approved in Europe as EN ISO 8100-1:2026 without any changes.
