Published:
5 February 2015
Category:
Technical articles
The occupants of non-domestic buildings must, under Fire Safety legislation, be safe at all times. Virtually all such buildings need fit-for-purpose emergency lighting schemes to protect them and their occupants if an emergency occurs. Automatic testing of emergency lighting is an excellent way to meet Fire Safety Order obligations, and it will reduce the burden of testing emergency lighting installations. But now there’s an innovative software way too:
Today, building owners and responsible persons must be able to prove that their emergency lighting systems work correctly as designed and must maintain them in full working order. To achieve this, they must test to prove that the emergency lighting works properly.
They must also keep records as proof that they have carried out their duty of care. ICEL - the emergency lighting part of the Lighting Industry Association (LIA) – emphasises that automatic testing can be more cost-effective and reliable than manual testing, and also provides peace of mind. But now there's a new software development that provides a 24/7 real time digital overview of emergency lighting systems remotely.
No matter whether you are an electrical contractor working on several small projects, a technical manager responsible for many locations nationwide, or an estate/facilities manager in charge of a single site, all traditionally spend enormous amounts of time manually inspecting and verifying emergency lighting status information for the building safety systems they manage.
Historically this has proved to not only be a huge draw on available resources and time, but ultimately inefficient and prone to error.
Illegible annotations, double data entry and unavoidable travel are just some of the traditional circumstances that have made emergency lighting system management problematic.
In today’s economic climate, with funding and resources stretched to breaking point - particularly in the public sector – the ingredients for mistakes and the potential for disaster are only too obvious.
But it doesn’t have to be this way. There is a solution, one that not only revolutionises the traditional emergency lighting system management process but, in doing so, provides quicker, easier to obtain and more accurate system data. That solution is Naveo emergency lighting maintenance software.
Innovation writ large
Emergi-Lite says that Naveo is ‘revolutionary’. The company’s inspection and maintenance software provides a 24/7 real time digital overview of emergency lighting systems remotely.
Accessed via the web, Naveo removes the need to regularly inspect individual luminaires and locations, dramatically saving maintenance companies, estate managers and electrical contractors’ time, effort and money.
With Naveo, managing emergency lighting systems is immediately and tangibly more efficient. Imagine knowing which parts of the system required attention (rather than having to inspect every luminaire) before arriving on site.
Imagine knowing in advance which replacement part you need prior to arriving on site (saving you the time to have and procure it and return to site).
Imagine only having to enter data once, via desktop or laptop computer and mobile devices - like tablets and smartphones - which is generated by Naveo - therefore removing the possibility of illegibility and data entry error. Imagine being able to generate reports on site and distribute them via email or text message instantly.
But, says Emergi-Lite, there’s no need to imagine any longer, since this software is ‘the dream come true emergency lighting system management solution’, fulfilling all these wishes.
Furthermore, with preventative maintenance alert generation, users receive a timely heads-up to replace parts and components before faults can arise, once again saving time, effort and money. It’s what electrical contractors, maintenance companies, and estate/facilities managers have been crying out for.
To arrange a free demonstration of Naveo, call +44 (0)113 281 0600, email [email protected] or visit http://europe.tnb.com/pub/en/emergi-lite_naveo-emergency-lighting-maintenance