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    Emergency lighting provides illumination to guide occupants during power failures. Standards require manufacturers to make safe products and designers to lay out lighting effectively. Building owners must test, record, and maintain emergency lighting systems per regulations. A risk assessment must consider escape routes, stairs, intersections, hazards, and other areas requiring lighting. Tests of self-contained and monitored systems are conducted daily, monthly, and annually to check batteries and lamps. Signage must use approved pictograms and meet luminance requirements to properly direct occupants.

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    Emergency lighting provides illumination to guide occupants during power failures. Standards require manufacturers to make safe products and designers to lay out lighting effectively. Building owners must test, record, and maintain emergency lighting systems per regulations. A risk assessment must consider escape routes, stairs, intersections, hazards, and other areas requiring lighting. Tests of self-contained and monitored systems are conducted daily, monthly, and annually to check batteries and lamps. Signage must use approved pictograms and meet luminance requirements to properly direct occupants.

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    Emergency lighting provides illumination to guide occupants during power failures. Standards require manufacturers to make safe products and designers to lay out lighting effectively. Building owners must test, record, and maintain emergency lighting systems per regulations. A risk assessment must consider escape routes, stairs, intersections, hazards, and other areas requiring lighting. Tests of self-contained and monitored systems are conducted daily, monthly, and annually to check batteries and lamps. Signage must use approved pictograms and meet luminance requirements to properly direct occupants.

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    Emergency Lighting Guide

    Philip Payne
    Emergency Lighting Guide
    Emergency Lighting is provided to ensure that occupants
    of a building can be guided out in the event of a mains failure.

    There are British , European and international standards The emergency lighting design must take into account
    to ensure manufacturers make product and building the following:
    designers lay these out safelty and effectively. • Escape route signs
    • Stairs so that each flight receives direct light
    Building owners or their responsible persons are legally • Changes in Level
    bound to test the emergency lighting , record test results • Changes of escape route direction
    and maintain their systems. • Corridor intersections
    • First aid posts
    • Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 • Fire Alarm call points or pieces of fire
    • Building Regulations Approved Document B fighting equipment
    • BS EN 1838:1999/BS 5266-7:1999 • External areas in the immediate vicinity of
    • BS EN 50172:2004/BS 5266-8:2004 final exits
    • BS 5266-1:2011 • Moving stairways and walkways
    • BS EN 62034:2012 • Toilet facilities exceeding 8m2 or any multiple
    • BS 5499-4:2000 closet facility without borrowed light
    • BS ISO 7010:2012 • Toilet facilities for disabled use
    • SLL Lighting Guide 12 (LG12) • Motor generator, control and plant rooms
    • All other areas as deemed by the Risk Assessment

    Test Requirements
    Self Contained Luminiares
    Test schedules are specified in BS 5266-8:2004

    Commission Daily Monthly Annual


    Full 3hr Battery Discharge Visual Check Energise lamp from battery Energise lamp from battery
    (short duration) Full 3hr Battery Discharge

    Self Monitoring Luminiares


    BS EN 62034:2012 requires that devices must perform tests at specified intervals
    and indicate faults found

    Commission Daily Monthly Annual


    Full 3hr Battery Discharge Not Applicable Energise lamp from battery Energise lamp from battery
    within 30 days (short duration) Full 3hr Battery Discharge

    Risk Assesment
    The Regulatory Refrom Order requires that design parties, building owners and occupants should consult
    at early stages to develop and manage the risk assesment process.
    Risk assesements need to be conducted and measures identified to safeguard building occupants.
    Emergency Light must be included and maintained including a test regime with recorded results.
    Emergency Lighting Design
    Observe Emergency Lighting Levels

    1 Escape
    0.5Routes (Up
    15to 2 metre)
    Not less than 1 Lux along centre line and a central
    LUX LUX LUX
    band consisting of not less than half of the full width to
    50% of that value. Substantially wider escape route to
    be treated as a number of 2m strips or be treated as
    an open area.

    1 0.5 Open
    15Area (Anti Panic)
    Areas equal to or greater than 60m2 require
    LUX LUX LUX
    illumination at floor level to be not less than 0.5 Lux
    excluding a border of 0.5 mteres from it’s perimeter.
    The ratio of maximum to minimum illuminance shall
    not be greater than 40:1.

    1 0.5 15 High Risk Area


    Areas considered to be high risk shall not be less than 10%
    LUX LUX LUX of the required illuminance of the task being peformed. It
    should not be less than 15Lux.

    Reception First Aid Treatment Kitchens


    Areas Rooms Rooms

    15LUX 3hrs 15LUX 30mins 50LUX 30mins 15LUX 30mins


    Emergency Lighting Design
    Take Account of...

    Escape Route Signs


    Ensure there are sufficient and that they are illuminated when required.
    (sleeping accomodation, where alcohol is consumed and where occupants
    are unfamiliar with surrounding).

    Stairs
    Ensure each tread recieves light.

    Junctions
    and Intersections
    Ensure changes in level and
    in direction recive
    adequate light.

    Final Exit
    Ensure light is
    provided outside
    the final door.

    Refuges Plant Rooms Fire Control Security


    Equipment Devices
    Push bar
    to open

    5LUX 3hrs 15LUX 3hrs 15LUX 3hrs 5LUX 3hrs


    Emergency Lighting Design
    Escape Legend Requirements...
    To Comply with European and British requirements Legends MUST:

    • Have a green background (Safety Colour) and White Pictograms (Contrast Colour)
    • Have a minimum illuminance of 2cd/m² on the safety colour
    • Have a contrast between safety Colour and Contrast Colour of >5:1 but <15:1
    • Have ratio of the max-min luminance within Contrast or Safety Colours of <10:1
    • Have graphics to one of the following formats:-BS EN 62034:2012

    BS5499 BS 5266-EN 1838 (EC92/58) BS EN ISO7010

    Any of the above meet legislative requirements but may not be mixed on any single installation.

    Maximum viewing distance:


    Internally illuminated signs Externally illuminated signs
    200 x the panel height 100 x the panel height

    200 x h 100 x h
    h h
    Philip Payne
    Philip Payne Ltd
    A S U B S I D I A RY O F F. W. T H O R P E P L C
    Thornhill Road
    Lode Lane
    Solihull
    B91 2HB
    England.
    Tel: 0121 705 2384
    Fax: 0121 711 2469

    e-mail: mail@p-payne.co.uk
    www.philippayne.co.uk
    Philip Payne Ltd registered in England No. 1361523
    We reserve the right to alter specifications without prior notice.

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