World’s fastest passenger elevator in the world’s tallest building, Taipei 101, in Taipei, Taiwan. This elevator, developed by TELC, runs at a speed of 1,010 meters per minute or 60.6km per hour and has been officially certified by Guinness World Records in its 2006 edition. Soaring 508 meters, Taipei 101 is the world’s tallest building, having supplanted the 452-metre PetronasTwinTowers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The new building, largely devoted to offices, is called Tapei 101 because it has 101 above-ground floors, as well as five underground floors.. Construction of Taipei 101 started in June 1999 and opened on December 31, 2004. TELC has installed 61 elevators and 50 escalators in Taipei 101. including two elevators that run at 1,010 meters per minute (60.6 kilometers per hour), the world’s fastest, and 34 double-deck elevators.

The principal new technologies applied in the world’s fastest elevator include:
The world’s first pressure control system, which adjusts the atmospheric pressure inside a car by using suction and discharge blowers, preventing those riding inside the car experiencing ‘ear popping’

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An active control system which cancels vibrations by moving the counter mass in the opposite direction based on the vibration data from a sensor installed in the car

Optimization in the configuration of the streamlined car to reduce the whistling noise produced by a car running at a high speed inside a narrow hoist-way. This is based on pressure analysis of the atmosphere in the hoistway and on the car surface during operation http://www2.toshiba-elevator.co.jp/elv/infoeng/pressrelease/20041216e.jsp
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