Emergency lighting design guide

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Emergency lighting design guide

Published: 15 March 2019 · Category: Product Catalogues & Brochures

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— GUIDE EMERGI-LITE An authoritative guide to emergency lighting & central power systems — Emergency lighting is a vital and effective life safety tool, providing reassurance and guidance to people at critical times when they need to escape quickly and safely from a building. — Table of contents 005 Introduction 006 – 023 Regulations & standards 024 – 037 Luminaire & system types 038 – 057 System design & assessment 058 – 069 Installation, testing & maintenance 070– 093 Appendices 4 E M E R G I - L I T E A N A U T H O R I TAT I V E G U I D E TO E M E R G E N C Y L I G H T I N G & C E N T R A L P O W E R S Y S T E M S EMERG I -L I T E - I N T RODUCTI ON 5 — Emergi-Lite Introduction Emergency lighting is a vital and effective life safety tool, providing reassurance and guidance to people at critical times when they need to escape quickly and safely from a building. This authoritative guide has been prepared to provide a key reference point for all these parties, and is designed to give the reader a thorough appreciation of emergency lighting requirements. This guide will assist the reader to: • Understand the principles of emergency lighting • Assess the requirements for emergency lighting • Choose the appropriate type and category of emergency luminaire • Define the appropriate positioning of emergency luminaires and exit signs as required • Initiate continued safety and maintenance procedures This guide acts solely as a supplement to the regulations and standards already...