Smart access control system and device for elevators

A smart access control device (SACD) for access control to an elevator system, the SACD comprising a receiver, a processing unit, and a communication unit for receiving by the receiver an identifier from a user device associated to a user and for automatically authenticating the user to be a pre-approved user and determining a destination floor associated to the user by the processing unit based on the identifier received and access control data stored in a storage unit accessible to the processing unit, and for generating and transmitting a signal to the elevator system for automatically initiating an elevator car trip for the user to the destination floor determined by the processing unit,

• wherein the user device is automatically detected, and the identifier is automatically transmitted from the user device to the SACD when the user device is within a specific elevator zone and is configured with a health & safety (H&S) monitoring unit to detect health or safety conditions of the user for compliance purposes, and the determination of the destination floor and the signal generation and transmission to the elevator system for automatically initiating an elevator car trip are automatically conducted seamlessly without any user or other human interaction, wherein determining the destination elevator floor accessible to the user is done automatically based on the identifier received from the user device.