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Emergency Lighting Design

The emergency lighting design must account for escape routes, stairs, floor level changes, intersections, medical areas, fire equipment, exits and safety areas based on a risk assessment. It must provide illumination for escape routes, open areas over 60m2, and high-risk task areas. Consultation with relevant parties should happen early in the design process to develop the risk assessment and define lighting standards.

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Emergency Lighting Design

The emergency lighting design must account for escape routes, stairs, floor level changes, intersections, medical areas, fire equipment, exits and safety areas based on a risk assessment. It must provide illumination for escape routes, open areas over 60m2, and high-risk task areas. Consultation with relevant parties should happen early in the design process to develop the risk assessment and define lighting standards.

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EMERGENCY LIGHTING DESIGN

The purpose of emergency


lighting is to provide light
in the event of a mains or
local power supply failure.

THE EMERGENCY LIGHTING


DESIGN MUST TAKE INTO
ACCOUNT THE FOLLOWING:
• Escape route signs
• Stairs so that each flight receives direct light
• Changes in floor level
• Changes of escape route direction
• Corridor intersections
• First aid posts
• Fire alarm call points or pieces of fire fighting equipment
• Outside the final exit door and to a place of safety
• Moving stairways and walkways
• Toilet facilities exceeding 8m² or any multiple
closet facility without borrowed light
• Toilet facilities for disabled use
• Motor generator, control and plant rooms
• All other areas as deemed by the Risk Assessment
• Manual release controls for electronically locked doors
• Escape equipment for disabled people
• Refuges and call points, including disabled toilet
call positions

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EMERGENCY LIGHTING DESIGN

CONSULTATION AND RISK ASSESSMENT


The Regulatory Reform Order (Fire Safety) states that consultation
between the owner/developer and/or occupier of a premises, the
architect, the lighting engineer, the contractor and enforcing authorities
should be arranged at a very early stage to define how relevant
standards shall be applied and to begin the development and
management of the risk assessment process.

The “responsible person” is required to carry out risk assessments


to identify the risks to any persons entering the premises and to take
measures on the basis of the risk assessments to safeguard building
occupants. These measures include the provision and maintenance
of emergency lighting. Emergency lighting design proposals must
take into account requisite risk assessments.

ESCAPE ROUTE LIGHTING OPEN AREA (ANTI-PANIC) LIGHTING


For escape routes up to 2m width the horizontal illumination level Areas which are 60m² or greater should be equipped with anti-panic
on the floor along the centre line of the escape route shall not be less emergency lighting. The horizontal illumination at floor level shall not
than 1 lux and a central band consisting of not less than half of the be less than 0.5 lux anywhere within the core area. This core area
width of the route shall be illuminated to a minimum of 50% of that excludes a border of 0.5m from its perimeter. The ratio of maximum
value. Substantially wider escape routes can be treated as a number to minimum illuminance shall not be greater than 40:1 (see Fig. 2).
of 2m wide strips or be provided with open area (anti-panic) lighting
(see Fig. 1).

Fig. 2

Fig. 1

Minimum 1 lux 0.5m


on centre line
Minimum 0.5 lux

HIGH RISK TASK AREA LIGHTING


In areas considered to be of high risk, the maintained illuminance shall
not be less than 10% of the required illumination level for the task being
performed. It should not be less than 15 lux and must be free from
stroboscopic effects.

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