Patent ID: 8528701

Claim:
A method of conveying passengers in a building comprising a plurality of floor levels, at least one elevator door, at least one building door and an elevator control which controls an elevator drive to move an elevator car, wherein an opening and/or closing of the at least one building door causes a starting door signal to be generated, comprising the steps of: defining in response to the starting door signal the at least one building door as a starting building door and a floor level of the at least one building door as a starting floor level; and defining an elevator door of the elevator car on the starting floor level as a starting elevator door; ascertaining a deactivated electric lighting unit on a route from the starting building door to the starting elevator door; generating a switch-on signal for the starting door signal; transmitting the switch-on signal to the deactivated electric lighting unit on the starting level floor; and activating the deactivated electric lighting unit in response to the transmitted switch-on signal.