In Israel most of elevators (at least modern one) have Sabbath mode. It has interesting implications upon relations between neighbors within building.
As long as "composition" of building is homogeneous, i.e. either totally religious or secular, Sabbath mode will be either on or off.
But it becomes tricky when into secular building move one or more religious families that request to turn Sabbath mode on. In best case scenario there are two elevators (required for buildings with more than 5 floors), so one of them will get switched to Sabbath mode (though bunch of people will be unhappy as electricity usage of building will go up + some inconvenience).
If there is only one elevator, Greek drama might be a correct way to describe what happens.
edit: from the other side misery of lonely secular family in religious building where all elevators are in sabbath mode is real...
Without knowing anything of the religious rules at play here, could you have an elevator that incorporates both? Eg. default is to travel in Sabbath mode but non-religious residents could still use the buttons to override it to a specific floor if they desire? Obviously you still have the increased electrical consumption but you remove the inconvenience of stopping every floor for those who aren’t required to.
In reality (in Israel, in this case), many people come up with their own versions/interpretation/complications of Jewish law.
As anecdote, I knew one semi-religious family (masorati but coming from very famous ultra-orthodox lineage). They won't cook on Sabbath; they won't join friends to BBQ - because Sabbath and you can't make fire but they will operate all the other appliances and will drive around in car.
As long as "composition" of building is homogeneous, i.e. either totally religious or secular, Sabbath mode will be either on or off.
But it becomes tricky when into secular building move one or more religious families that request to turn Sabbath mode on. In best case scenario there are two elevators (required for buildings with more than 5 floors), so one of them will get switched to Sabbath mode (though bunch of people will be unhappy as electricity usage of building will go up + some inconvenience). If there is only one elevator, Greek drama might be a correct way to describe what happens.
edit: from the other side misery of lonely secular family in religious building where all elevators are in sabbath mode is real...