•         Generally traction Elevators are considered to be more efficient than Hydraulic   Elevators.
•         Hydraulic system are beginning to appear that use pressurised accumulators to recover energy
•         It is also considered that VVVF based drives are the most efficient compared to variable voltage, ward-leonard, DC or two speed systems.
•         The choice of drive system is often governed by capital cost, the operating costs are rarely considered. Free market energy pricing is beginning to affect this view.  
•         Motor efficiency
•         Gear efficiency
•         Regen energy management
•         Acceleration/Deceleration profile
•         Creeping/Levelling time
•         Brake consumption

•          The values selected for speed, acceleration and jerk, often dictated by the traffic design and ride comfort requirements. Will affect the energy consumption.
•          Some control and Drive systems can optimise the energy used for the next journey dependent on the car load.
•          The traffic control algorithm influences how the traffic demand is handled. Under heavy demand conditions a hall call allocation system can be inherently more efficient as it groups passengers travelling to the same floors together. 
  
  Controller power consumption
  Door system (Drive, Passenger detection etc.)
  Traffic/Dispatcher efficiency

•           The efficiency of various components is important;
•        Motor efficiency
•        Losses due to poor Power factor
•        Supply harmonic distortion
•        Copper losses
•        Car lighting and HVAC
•          Is energy recovered from the system and how is this stored/handled.
•         The Hong Kong Government has proposed limiting the size of hoist motor as a means of limiting energy consumption and has published a guide and code of practice.
•         Power factor

•         Heating and cooling 

•         It is generally considered that employing a permanent magnet gearless motor can offer a 30% reduction in energy consumption compared to its geared counterpart.
•         Operating in the reverse direction is considerably more efficient than with worm driven gearboxes.

     This means more energy can be recovered from the system. Which on the down side can put more stress on any braking resistor power ratings, but can also make regenerative systems more cost effective/viable.