Method for controlling a brake of an elevator system, wherein the brake has an armature which can be pulled by an electromagnet counter to a spring force into a release position in order to release the brake from a braking position, wherein the method comprises: applying an initial electrical voltage to the electromagnet and measuring a current intensity I(t) then supplied to the electromagnet; characterized in that the method further comprises: reducing the voltage applied to the electromagnet to a holding voltage in response to identifying a typical behavior over time of the measured current intensity I(t), which characteristically occurs when the armature moves from the braking position into the release position, wherein a reduction in the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein an increase occurring again after a previous lowering of the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein a typical curve over time of a current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied is determined in advance by a method selected from a group comprising calculating, simulating and modeling, and wherein a match within a predetermined tolerance between the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied and the determined typical curve over time of the current intensity I(t) can be identified as typical time behavior. wherein the brake has an armature which can be pulled by an electromagnet counter to a spring force into a release position in order to release the brake from a braking position, wherein the method comprises: applying an initial electrical voltage to the electromagnet and measuring a current intensity I(t) then supplied to the electromagnet; characterized in that the method further comprises: reducing the voltage applied to the electromagnet to a holding voltage in response to identifying a typical behavior over time of the measured current intensity I(t), which characteristically occurs when the armature moves from the braking position into the release position, wherein a reduction in the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein an increase occurring again after a previous lowering of the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein a typical curve over time of a current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied is determined in advance by a method selected from a group comprising calculating, simulating and modeling, and wherein a match within a predetermined tolerance between the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied and the determined typical curve over time of the current intensity I(t) can be identified as typical time behavior. applying an initial electrical voltage to the electromagnet and measuring a current intensity I(t) then supplied to the electromagnet; characterized in that the method further comprises: reducing the voltage applied to the electromagnet to a holding voltage in response to identifying a typical behavior over time of the measured current intensity I(t), which characteristically occurs when the armature moves from the braking position into the release position, wherein a reduction in the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein an increase occurring again after a previous lowering of the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein a typical curve over time of a current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied is determined in advance by a method selected from a group comprising calculating, simulating and modeling, and wherein a match within a predetermined tolerance between the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied and the determined typical curve over time of the current intensity I(t) can be identified as typical time behavior. reducing the voltage applied to the electromagnet to a holding voltage in response to identifying a typical behavior over time of the measured current intensity I(t), which characteristically occurs when the armature moves from the braking position into the release position, wherein a reduction in the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein an increase occurring again after a previous lowering of the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied can be identified as typical behavior over time; or wherein a typical curve over time of a current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied is determined in advance by a method selected from a group comprising calculating, simulating and modeling, and wherein a match within a predetermined tolerance between the measured current intensity I(t) when the initial voltage is applied and the determined typical curve over time of the current intensity I(t) can be identified as typical time behavior.